Celebrated artist Ann Hamilton at Colgate University

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From February 3 through April 6, the Picker Art Gallery at Colgate University will host installations by renowned artist Ann Hamilton.

Hamilton is internationally recognized for the sensory surrounds of her large-scale abc_GS.jpgmulti-media installations.

Her ephemeral environments create immersive experiences that poetically respond to the architectural presence and social history of their sites.

The exhibition will examine consistent threads that deal with gesture, the senses and the body, voice and language, time and duration, and history and community.


The videos display essential actions monotonously repeated — pouring, reaching, unraveling, polishing, writing, drawing, erasing, stitching, knitting, breathing, spinning, walking — unremarkable in themselves but made strange either by isolation or by context.

In the Clifford Gallery, additional videos will be juxtaposed with images, some of which were made on the Colgate campus by members of the Colgate staff and student body.

This free event will be truly eye opening for visitors.

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The hours are Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Opening conversation and reading

On February 3 at 4:30 p.m., Hamilton and Susan Stewart will kick off the exhibit at  Brehmer Theatre, Dana Arts Center, with a presentation compliments of the Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation Visiting Artist-in-Residence. Click here to add this event to your calendar.

Let us know in comments if you will be attending the event on Friday or the exhibition.