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Erica Baum

{{Short description|American photographer (born 1961)}}

{{Infobox artist

| name = Erica Baum

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1961}}

| birth_place = New York City

| education = Barnard College; Yale University

| field = Photography

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Erica Baum (born 1961) is an American photographer who lives and works in New York City. She is known for her work that uses printed paper and language as subject,{{Cite web|url=https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/erica-baum|title=Erica Baum|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation|access-date=May 20, 2016}} in a form of word art.{{cite web | last=Cohen | first=Alina | title=13 Artists Who Highlight the Power of Words | website=Artsy | date=5 January 2019 | url=https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-13-artists-highlight-power | access-date=19 May 2021}}

Early life and education

Baum was born in New York City in 1961.

She received a BA in anthropology from Barnard College in 1984. She also received an MA in TESOL/applied linguistics from Hunter College in 1988, and an MFA in photography from Yale University in 1994.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}

Work

Baum's work is characterized by a cropped, close-up style that captures the material details of subjects, ranging from chalkboards to library card catalogues, book pages and newspaper. Her composition of these details and her use of language has been compared to concrete poetry.{{Cite web|url=http://aperture.org/blog/erica-baum-wordplay/|title=Erica Baum: Wordplay|last=Trotman|first=Nat|website=Aperture Foundation NY|date=10 December 2014 |language=en-US|access-date=2016-05-21}}

Baum's work is in the collections of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery,{{Cite web|url=http://www.albrightknox.org/collection/search/piece:13301/|title=Telephone > Search Our Fine Art Collection > Collection > Albright-Knox Art Gallery|website=www.albrightknox.org|access-date=2016-05-21}} Metropolitan Museum of Art,{{Cite web|url=http://metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/681572|title=Erica Baum {{!}} Slips {{!}} The Met|website=The Metropolitan Museum of Art, i.e. The Met Museum|access-date=2016-05-21}} the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Whitney Museum of American Art{{Cite web|url=http://collection.whitney.org/artist/14232/EricaBaum|title=Whitney Museum of American Art: Erica Baum|website=collection.whitney.org|access-date=2016-05-21}} and the Yale University Art Gallery,{{Cite web|url=http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/160837|title=Ballets|website=artgallery.yale.edu|access-date=2016-05-21}} among others.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bureau-inc.com/mainsite/Artists/Erica/EricaBio.html|title=Bio|website=Bureau|access-date=2016-05-21|archive-date=2016-06-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604020703/http://www.bureau-inc.com/mainsite/Artists/Erica/EricaBio.html|url-status=dead}}

Exhibitions

Publications

  • {{Cite book|last1=Chaffee|first1=Cathleen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H1wZjwEACAAJ|title=Erica Baum: The Naked Eye|last2=Colard|first2=Jean-Max|publisher=Crevecœur/Bureau|others=Erica Baum (photographer)|year=2016|isbn=978-2954136943|type=art exhibition|author-link=Cathleen Chaffee}}
  • The Melody Indicator, Triple Canopy (2012)
  • Dog Ear, with Kenneth Goldsmith and Béatrice Gross, Ugly Duckling Presse (2011)
  • Sightings, One Star Presse (2011)
  • Naked Eye, with Kenneth Goldsmith, Free Association (2009)

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Category:1961 births

Category:Living people

Category:American contemporary artists

Category:Barnard College alumni

Category:Hunter College alumni

Category:Yale School of Art alumni

Category:Photographers from New York City

Category:20th-century American photographers

Category:21st-century American photographers

Category:20th-century American women photographers

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