Robin Hood against the bad barons, Ann Hamilton

Books are a recurring material and theme in Ann Hamilton’s practice, particularly the ways in which they influence readers and transmit information across languages and cultures. In both of these works Hamilton uses cross-sections of books to create physical alignments between different texts. Her work suggests that meanings are created when texts are put in conversation with one another, which alludes to the hybrid spaces books provide for readers to inhabit. In the words of writer Rebecca Solnit, a frequent collaborator with Hamilton, “Books are solitudes in which we meet.”