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Hypothesis Situation #7

Adrian Piper, 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 PiperÂ’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 through Art Fund International.

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Title of artwork, date

Hypothesis Situation #7, 1968

Date supported

2010

Medium and material

Photo-diagram collage, vintage photo offset

Dimensions

1) 27.94 x 21.59 cm; 2) 27.9 x 95.3 cm; 3) 27.94 x 43.18 cm

Grant

50757

Total cost

50757

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