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Ann Hamilton : myein : the United States Pavilion, 48th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy, June 12-November 7, 1999

Title
Ann Hamilton : myein : the United States Pavilion, 48th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy, June 12-November 7, 1999 / organized by Katy Kline and Helaine Posner, United States commissioners.
Author
Hamilton, Ann, 1956-
Publication
[Place of publication not identified] : [Katy Kline and Helaine Posner], [1999]

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Additional Authors
  • Posner, Helaine.
  • Kline, Katy.
  • Biennale di Venezia (48th : 1999)
Description
48 pages : illustrations (some color); 24 cm
Summary
"The word myein is an ancient Greek verb meaning "to close the eyes or mouth." Linked to the initiation rites enacted in medieval cults, the closing of the eyes or mouth refers to the secret status surrounding their rites. Across time, myein has come to stand for that thing which has not been, or cannot be, explained. Hamilton's interest in the temple form as an idealized image projected onto civic space led her to engage the neo- classical building of the United States pavilion as both subject and object of the project. It was a meditation on aspects of American social history that, like weather, are present and pervasive in effect but which remain invisible or unspoken. Her self-given task was to make a place in which this absence could be palpably felt and to create a space simultaneously empty and full."--Annhamiltonstudio.com.
Alternative Title
Myein
Subject
  • Hamilton, Ann, 1956- > Exhibitions
  • Hamilton, Ann, 1956-
  • Women artists > Exhibitions
  • Women artists
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Language (note)
  • Text in English and Italian.
Call Number
JQE 17-1069
OCLC
43989539
Author
Hamilton, Ann, 1956-
Title
Ann Hamilton : myein : the United States Pavilion, 48th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy, June 12-November 7, 1999 / organized by Katy Kline and Helaine Posner, United States commissioners.
Imprint
[Place of publication not identified] : [Katy Kline and Helaine Posner], [1999]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Language
Text in English and Italian.
Added Author
Posner, Helaine.
Kline, Katy.
Biennale di Venezia (48th : 1999)
Research Call Number
JQE 17-1069
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