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 }}

'''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,<ref name=":0">{{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}}</ref> in a form of word art.<ref name=cohen13>{{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}}</ref>

== Early life and education == Baum was born in New York City in 1961.<ref name=":0"/>

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.<ref name=":0" /> Her composition of these details and her use of language has been compared to concrete poetry.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

Baum's work is in the collections of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery,<ref>{{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}}</ref> Metropolitan Museum of Art,<ref>{{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}}</ref> the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,<ref name=":0" /> Whitney Museum of American Art<ref>{{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}}</ref> and the Yale University Art Gallery,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/160837|title=Ballets|website=artgallery.yale.edu|access-date=2016-05-21}}</ref> among others.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

== Exhibitions == * ''Foul Play'', Thread Waxing Space, New York (1999) * ''Subject Index'', Malmö Konstmuseum, Sweden (2008) * ''The Imminence of Poetics'', São Paulo Biennial (2012) * Athens Biennial (2013) * Kunstverein Langenhagen, Germany (2013) * ''Reloaded: Concrete Trends'', Weserburg Museum für Moderne Kunst, Bremen, Germany (2015) * ''Photo-Poetics: An Anthology'', Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (2015) *''The Arcades: Contemporary Art and Walter Benjamin,'' Jewish Museum, New York (2017)

== 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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