Graham Hamilton
Grief eclipses language, 2022
Residences Art Explora x Artagon
To coincide with the transformation of Hangar Y into a cultural and events venue, 10 young, recently graduated artists have been invited by Art Explora and Artagon to reuse materials from the hangar's construction site to create works of art, during a residency in September 2022.
Graham Hamilton
Grief eclipses language, 2022
dibond sheets, plastic transport crates, ceramic vase, calla lilies, styrofoam, cast iron, bronze powder, lino, dimensions variable
Description of the work
Artist Graham Hamilton's installation reflects his taste for an archaeology of the artifacts of modernity, and for a tendency towards standardization characteristic of our post-industrial world. The uniform transport boxes that make up his work are filled with a golden liquid in which gleaned objects bathe, echoing the machinist aesthetic of Hangar Y, built in 1879 following the Universal Exhibition.
As time passes, the ruddy substance evaporates, leaving these objects cut off from their context of manufacture and use. Conceived as a memorial, his piece attempts to capture the long time of creation, contrasting it with the fast pace of global freight, and tackling themes of nostalgia, remembrance and ecology. Invited to circulate among the crates, spectators activate the installation by disturbing the surface of the bronze water with their footsteps.
Biographyof the artist
Graham Hamilton is an American artist who lives and works in Frankfurt am Main (Germany). He is a graduate of the Städelschule Hochschule für Bildende Künste (2021).
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