The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 15, 2025

Body object series #14 • megaphone

1988

Ann Hamilton

(American, b. 1956)
America
gelatin silver print
Image: 10 x 10.1 cm (3 15/16 x 4 in.); Paper: 25.2 x 20.2 cm (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.); Framed (interior): 55.9 x 50.8 cm (22 x 20 in.); Framed (exterior): 57.5 x 52.4 cm (22 5/8 x 20 5/8 in.)
The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2019.235
© Ann Hamilton
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

Born in Lima and a longtime resident of Columbus, Ohio, Ann Hamilton has received many honors including the National Medal of the Arts and a MacArthur Fellowship.

Description

The body object series was Ann Hamilton’s first photographic project. Conceived and staged by the artist, these images are surrealist and absurdist, and sometimes humorous, with strong roots in conceptual, performance, and installation art. The sense of touch is a prevalent theme. Hamilton’s imagery may be personal, but the images are universal in their evocation of the body as a receptor of sensation.
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2019.235