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Art, Artifacts, and Residue: The Space of The Exhibition in Ann Hamiltons indigo blue.

McCann, Therese Marie
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2501-8787
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1529698973965083

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2018, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, History of Art.
Through a close reading of Ann Hamiltons indigo blue (1991), this thesis offers a critical investigation of the ways in which the exhibition space informs and embeds meaning in works of art. As the space of the exhibition changes the notion of what the spectator views as art, the thesis will explore how a change of context can alter both the meaning of the work and the viewers understanding of an art object. In addressing indigo blue (1991) in its original form, and then examining its reappearance in three subsequent iterations as object-details in untitled (indigo blue/2), shown in 1996 at The Wexner Center for the Arts in “the body and the object: Ann Hamilton 1984-1996 exhibition; as object-relics in (indigo blue books) as part of the private collection of Lois Plehn; and in the context of a contemporary art museum, in the re-installation of indigo blue (2007) at SFMOMA alongside works by other artists; the thesis will examine the critical implications of these displacements as the original version of indigo blue (1991) is transformed through different exhibition sites and viewing conditions.
Lisa Florman (Advisor)
Philip Armstrong (Committee Member)
62 p.
Art History
Ann Hamilton; indigo blue; indigo blue 2; object; installation; object details; details; object relics; relics; reinstallation; SFMOMA; the wexner center for the arts; lois plehn; places with a past; charleston; spoletto festival; the body and the object

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  • McCann, T. M. (2018). Art, Artifacts, and Residue: The Space of The Exhibition in Ann Hamiltons indigo blue. [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1529698973965083

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • McCann, Therese. Art, Artifacts, and Residue: The Space of The Exhibition in Ann Hamiltons indigo blue. . 2018. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1529698973965083.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • McCann, Therese. "Art, Artifacts, and Residue: The Space of The Exhibition in Ann Hamiltons indigo blue. ." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1529698973965083

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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