STANDARD CANDLES

was a solo exhibition at the Portland Art Museum in Portland, Oregon that ran for 6x months over the 2017 summer, curated by their Curator of NW Art, Grace Kook Anderson.

The exhibition centered around the feature length artist film Apple Pie, but also included several other new and old works including:

Taking Solos
(16mm film transfer to video)

More or Less Rubbish
(16mm film transfer to video)

David Attenborough Presents: the History of Evolution / The Evolution of History
(super 8 film transfer to video)

The Fossil Records: Side A & Side B
(ceramics)

Dear Kenny G
(gold paint on paper)
https://portlandartmuseum.org/exhibitions/apex-sam-hamilton/
REVIEW FROM 60 Inch Center

https://www.60inchcenter.com/home/2017/8/18/sam-hamilton-standard-candles
Interview on Oregon Public Broadcast OPB.

https://www.opb.org/radio/programs/stateofwonder/segment/solange-sould-out-chuck-close-pendleton/
Standard Candles Brochure