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Book, 23 x 30 cm .

Collection: Co-published by M HKA and Triangle Books.

Mash Up - works from 1999 to 2022 is the first comprehensive monographic publication dedicated to the work of London based artist Anthea Hamilton. The book is co-published by M HKA and Triangle Books and follows the artist eponymous survey exhibition held at M HKA in 2022.

For over two decades, Anthea Hamilton has developed a complex practice which spans sculpture, installation, film and performance. Her work is characterised by devotional creativity, positivity, flexibility, unexpected research trajectories, highly visual aesthetics, cross-cultural interests, interdisciplinary modes of production and collaborative dynamics.

Using the ‘mashup’ as her method, she filters and assesses elements culled from the present and recent past of fashion, art, food, nature, design, architecture and pop culture. Her practice relies on a strong belief – in cohabitation, complexity and, by extension, imagination – that posits the ambiguity of the artworks as a means to constantly challenge our perceived realities.

This book presents the full scope of Hamilton’s artistic production and gives prominence to the artist’s creative and independent spirit. It opens with a mashup of images featuring textures, details, patterns and collages weaving their way into and out of the work. The section ‘Spaces’ features past exhibitions and projects in a way that attests to the artist’s commitment to giving body to a dedicated and focused energy. It starts at M HKA in 2022 and goes back in time all the way to Hamilton’s first individual exhibition, at Ibid. Projects in 2006. Lastly, a whole section of the book presents the artist’s oeuvre through an illustrated catalogue of individual works arranged in chronological order – of exhibitions, performances and collaborations – from 1999 to 2022.

The publication features commissioned texts by Milovan Farronato, Anthea Hamilton and Anne-Claire Schmitz, and two essays by Linsey Young and Taylor Le Melle.

Anthea Hamilton: Mash Up - works from 1999 to 2022
Co-published by M HKA and Triangle Books

Edited by Anne-Claire Schmitz
Texts by Milovan Farronato, Anthea Hamilton, Taylor Le Melle, Anne-Claire Schmitz, and Linsey Young Design by Olivier Vandervliet
ISBN: 978-2-930777-54-2
Softcover with flaps, 232 x 305 mm, 264 pages, 433 illustrations, available in English with an insert in Dutch
Retail price: €50

Book launch and signing in presence of the artist
Thursday 5 October 2023, 8 to 10 pm during M HKA’s public opening