St. Andrews Hall, Detroit, MI, October 28, 2008, from the series "Listen"

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Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. © R…
St. Andrews Hall, Detroit, MI, October 28, 2008, from the series "Listen"
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. © Rhona Bitner, all rights reserved.
Artist/Maker (American, born 1960)
DateOctober 28, 2008, printed 2013
MediumChromogenic print, mounted on aluminum
DimensionsOverall: 40 × 40 in. (101.6 × 101.6 cm) Frame: 41 1/8 × 41 1/8 × 1 5/8 in. (104.5 × 104.5 × 4.1 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, The Edward W. Root Class of 1905 Memorial Art Purchase Fund
Object number2014.3.2
Not on view
DescriptionFrom the "Listen" series, a project attempting to photograph every significant rock-and-roll venue in the United States, starting with venues that predated Elvis and ending with those in operation at the time of the breakup of the Ramones in 1985. Working with a medium-format film camera, Bitner isolates herself in each space and subsequently choses one image per venue: over the past six years she has documented over 200 venues in various stages of usage or decrepitude. Her lush, colorful photographs reflect the energy and layered history of spaces in their prime.
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Exhibition History 2013
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "A Sense of Place", September 22- December 22, 2013 (illus., 43).
Provenance 2014: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by purchase from the artist.
Published References Tracy Adler, A SENSE OF PLACE (exh. cat. Clinton, NY, Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College, 2013), 40, illus., 43.
Signature Not signed.
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