Hypothesis Situation #7

Adrian Piper (born 1948)

mima, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art

1968

Adrian Piper is a Black artist who makes political, issue based work that comments on a variety of themes within race and gender and the politics of representation. The Hypothesis series marked the moment of transition in Piper's work from first-generation Conceptual Art to performance. The Hypothesis series acknowledges the subjective character of human perception, by charting and documenting an individual navigation through space and time as a moving or stationary object. Piper was also one of the first artists to engage with popular culture, in particular African-American culture, through an investigation of the clichés and preconceptions about it. This work was presented by the Art Fund under the Art Fund International scheme.

• Medium: photo-diagram collage, vintage photo offset
• Dimensions: 1) 27.94 x 21.59cm; 2) 27.9 x 95.3cm; 3) 27.94 x 43.18cm
• Art Fund Grant: £50757 ( Total: £50,757)
• ArtFunded in: 2010
• Vendor: Elizabeth Dee

Provenance

Elizabeth Dee Gallery.

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