Ann Hamilton has a very unique way at observing her surroundings. She is a contemporary American artist best known for her installations, textile art, and sculptures, but is also active in the fields of photography, printmaking, video, and video installation. What caught my immediate attention about her work was her views on the little things that make up the larger aspects of life. Her thoughts of sewing suggest that the viewer take a more intricate look into the material. Every piece of thread plays a major role in the outcome of the final product. Cloths for example, are seen as an object, but truly consist of a mass of smaller objects working together to cover your body.
Another interesting view that Hamilton has is that what is the world like from the view of ones mouth. We hear what the mouth says and how it illustrates the world, but in actuality what is it seeing to make these claims. So she devised a pin-hole camera that would be able to be in her mouth where she could take pictures. "The shape of the opening suggests an eye, alluding to the visual nature of a photograph, while the act of opening her mouth recalls speaking – a reminder that Hamilton is both revealing an intimate view and authoring it." I though this was extremely creative and interesting because we are used to hearing the mouth but we never realize what it actually sees. Ann Hamilton is an extraordinary artist because of her way to make people think differently about the world.
http://www.mocp.org/collections/permanent/hamilton_ann.php
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