Isolation Room/Gallery Kit: Friday, 6 October 2011
"it is not a pipe"
Ann Hamilton from the collection of (curated by) Buzz Spector
October 6 - November 3, 2011
Opening Reception: October 6, 2011 6pm-8pm
Dear Dana, In July 1992 I received a package in the mail from Ann Hamilton. Inside was a small, slipcast porcelain, match holder; a “grandmother’s house”-type object in the form of a pipe resting on the pages of an opened book. The match holder was encased in a wad of newspaper, beneath which was a letter to me. The sentiments in this missive were of a personal nature, typical of those exchanged between friends, but Ann had done something more here, gluing little shards of glass to each word. So, the object in the form of a pipe, which was not one, was accompanied by a letter which was something more than a message. For nineteen years this letter has been kept with my mail; the match holder on a shelf in my studio. By now moving them from my private life to this public space I have isolated them for other kinds of scrutiny.
The title of this project is “it is not a pipe,” the phrase taken from Ann’s letter, but of course also a Magrittean trope. In this case, neither the object, nor the letter, nor this exhibit project, are quite what they seem.
Gallery hours by appointment.
Ann Hamilton from the collection of (curated by) Buzz Spector
October 6 - November 3, 2011
Opening Reception: October 6, 2011 6pm-8pm
Dear Dana, In July 1992 I received a package in the mail from Ann Hamilton. Inside was a small, slipcast porcelain, match holder; a “grandmother’s house”-type object in the form of a pipe resting on the pages of an opened book. The match holder was encased in a wad of newspaper, beneath which was a letter to me. The sentiments in this missive were of a personal nature, typical of those exchanged between friends, but Ann had done something more here, gluing little shards of glass to each word. So, the object in the form of a pipe, which was not one, was accompanied by a letter which was something more than a message. For nineteen years this letter has been kept with my mail; the match holder on a shelf in my studio. By now moving them from my private life to this public space I have isolated them for other kinds of scrutiny.
The title of this project is “it is not a pipe,” the phrase taken from Ann’s letter, but of course also a Magrittean trope. In this case, neither the object, nor the letter, nor this exhibit project, are quite what they seem.
Gallery hours by appointment.
ISOLATION ROOM / GALLERY KIT
5723 Dewey Ave. 1st floor
St. Louis, Missouri 63116
gallerykit@gmail.com
www.isolationroom-gallerykit.com
5723 Dewey Ave. 1st floor
St. Louis, Missouri 63116
gallerykit@gmail.com
www.isolationroom-gallerykit.com
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