Stanford University
Exhibition

STRAY: A GRAPHIC TONE

February 23–June 16, 2019

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Shannon Ebner (U.S.A., b. 1971), STRAY, 2017. Audio (left: Susan Howe, “Articulation of Sound Forms in Time,” from SINGULARITIES [Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1990]; right: Nathaniel Mackey, “Song of the Andoumboulou: 50” from SPLAY ANTHEM [New Directions, 2006]) and archival pigment print mounted on aluminum. Photo © Rob Battersby. Courtesy of the artist; Altman Siegel, San Francisco; and Sadie Coles HQ, London

Pigott Family Gallery (142)

Artist Shannon Ebner’s work is part of an ongoing, multimedia, and genre-defying project that began in 2016. Comprised of audio recordings, photographs, and literary components, Ebner’s STRAY investigates the ways in which objects and language can shift away from their intended uses, creating new meanings in the process. Through examining these limits, she explores the role of the artist in the act of creation.