Dust Jacket; Kate Hamilton; Nylon ripstop, thread, polycarbonate plastic, polyester foam batting, aluminum armature wire, velcro; 10.5′ x 21.5′; 2013

“Big Shoes to Fill,” Kate Hamiltonโ€™s current installation at Thompson Giroux Gallery in Chatham through March 9, creates a world where the giants seem to have left in a hurry, and their crumpled clothes were hung as a warningโ€”these ceiling-height ghosts of garments stilled like sails in the horse latitudes.

Empty Pockets;Kate Hamilton; Nylon ripstop, thread, plastic, polycarbonate plastic, aluminum armature wire, handmade paper (abaca, flax, cotton pulp); 18′ x 13.5′; 2012

Kate Hamilton lives and works in New Paltz, and has been studying and practicing the language of clothes for years, as a hat maker, costumer, and artist. Last summer, with Marian Schoettle, she co-created and produced DaDa Spill, a multi-media, multi-artist project staged underground in the Widow Jane Mine below Rosendale.

Brian is the editorial director for the Chronogram Media family of publications. He lives in Kingston with his partner Lee Anne and the rapscallion mutt Clancy.

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