figura 23, Ann Hamilton (born 1956)

Artist Ann Hamilton transforms the presepio figures collected by Sallie Casey Thayer into ghostly impressions through the vision of a now obsolete flatbed scanner. Created for the Spencer’s 2013 exhibition An Errant Line: Ann Hamilton / Cynthia Schira, these large-scale prints on thin Gampi paper render a gestural drama through a blend of precision and blur.