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Field II, 17 x 33", Digital Print, 2018 -
Blue Band Plate I, Derby Porcelain Factory
9 x 9 x 1", Paper plate, acrylic paint, watercolor, 2020
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Join Elizabeth as she discusses her practice and her 2013 Fleisher Wind Challenge exhibition.
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Cape Dish I, Dutch, Maker Unknown
9 x 9 x 1", Paper plate, acrylic paint, watercolor, 2022
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Ms. Hamilton cleverly challenges our perception of value through our notion of beauty. She uses juxtapositions and forgery to create an idyllic illusion. If by including a flower in any landscape we immediately increase the value of that landscape, then our value system is determined by perception and not reality. While her work is deeply personal and it is rooted in her upbringing, it is through the use of flowers that we are allowed into into Ms. Hamilton’s realm: her memory garden.
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Dina Wind’s work was a contradiction and rebellion of gender roles. She was a woman making massive sculptures, following her instincts with no apologies. Strength is not associated with delicate, yet we constantly refer to women as delicate flowers. On the other hand, we also refer to their strength.The conversation continues to be a bouquet of contradictions. Ms. Hamilton’s work deals with the same dualities of femininity. Domestication versus free spirited. Cut flower versus wild flower. Reality versus perfection. Your subjectivity is the judge. If you happen to adhere to the old-fashioned thinking of women as decoration, then both Dina Wind and Elizabeth Hamilton will prove you wrong, very wrong.
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Spirit Portraits III
10 x 8", Photocopy, 2013
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Spirit Portraits
"I keep returning to silk flowers in my work. I love them for for what they are and what they are not. Flowers are so sensual and temporary and I love how we’ll sacrifice these defining qualities for a chance at permanence. Sometimes I view them as ghosts, except in contrast to the idea that ghosts are transparent and fleeting, these spirits are vibrant and dense, trying to trick themselves into believing they’re the real thing."
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Field I
17 x 26", Digital Print, 2018
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Cut Flowers
"I’ve been hoarding flowers cut from magazines and books for several years now. At first it was compulsion that I just wanted them, and separated them from their source so I could have them as a collection."
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Field II
17 x 33", Digital Print, 2018
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Eternal Bouquet III
18 x 15", Collage, 2022
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Sleepless
"This series was initially and loosely inspired by Jennifer Bartlett’s 24 Hours series. I was working at PAFA when she had a retrospective there and I really loved getting to know the breadth of her work. A few years later I had my first child, who outright was unable to sleep for more than 2 hours straight for the first year of his life. It was brutal. I started unraveling pillowcases and bed sheets, which like most things in my home had floral prints on them. The pillowcases translated into a nicely size mount."
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ELIZABETH HAMILTON: Perpetual Garden
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