Ed Hamiltion - From the Other Side

While Ed Hamilton has garnered a national reputation for monumental public works, he has also continued to maintain a studio practice through the years, which has allowed him to examine history and identity through a more personal lens. Free from the constraints that surround public sculpture, he has explored a variety of working methods in which abstract and conceptual forms, reflecting his training in the traditions of European and American art, are modulated by a sense of his own African-American roots. The other side of Hamilton's art retains the immediacy and impact of his public sculpture, and its informality allows him to explore ideas whose meanings are both layered and complex. In turn, the focus of these studio works seems both to inform and expand upon the grand themes that occupy their public counterparts. -
- Speed Art Musem Guidebook for "From the Other Side" Exhibit

From June 11 through December 29, 2002, the Speed Art Museum, in Louisville, Kentucky, ran an exhibit of Ed Hamilton's work entitled "From the Other Side." The guidebook for that exhibit is here, in Adobe Acrobat format. The works presented on this page are described in detail the guidebook.


Brother Can You Spare a Dime	Dancing Metal Painted and Welded Steel


Juju Man - 1979 - Welded Metal	Ed, with Juju Man, at the opening of the From the Other Side exhibit


Mixed Media - Welded Steel	Sun Goddess - Welded Metal - 1979
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Risen Christ - Plaster Mold


Confinement Series


Against the Wall - Detail Shot	Man Emerges - Mixed Media


Confinement Series No. 1	Confinement Series - No. 2


Totem - 1983 - Fabricated Metal