Lorna Simpson Collages
Title | Lorna Simpson Collages PDF eBook |
Author | Lorna Simpson |
Publisher | Chronicle Books |
Pages | 194 |
Release | 2018-06-05 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1452161755 |
"Black women's heads of hair are galaxies unto themselves, solar systems, moonscapes, volcanic interiors." —Elizabeth Alexander, from the Introduction Using advertising photographs of black women (and men) drawn from vintage issues of Ebony and Jet magazines, the exquisite and thought-provoking collages of world-renowned artist Lorna Simpson explore the richly nuanced language of hair. Surreal coiffures made from colorful ink washes, striking geological formations from old textbooks, and other unexpected forms and objects adorn the models to mesmerizingly beautiful effect. Featuring 160 artworks, an artist's statement, and an introduction by poet, author, and scholar Elizabeth Alexander, this volume celebrates the irresistible power of Simpson's visual vernacular.
Lorna Simpson
Title | Lorna Simpson PDF eBook |
Author | Lorna Simpson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | African American women artists |
ISBN | 9780934324632 |
One of the leading artists of her generation, Lorna Simpson (born 1960) came to prominence in the mid-1980s through her photographic and textual works that challenged conventional attitudes toward race, gender and cultural memory with a potent mixture of formal elegance and conceptual rigor. Published on the occasion of her 2013 exhibition at Aspen Art Museum, Lorna Simpson: Works on Paper highlights four recent bodies of work on paper that explore the complex relationship between the photographic archive and processes of self-fashioning, including a new group of works being developed during her time as the AAM's 2013 Jane and Marc Nathanson Distinguished Artist in Residence. As in Simpson's earlier works, these new drawings and collages take the African-American woman as a point of departure, continuing her longstanding examination of the ways that gender and culture shape the experience of life in our contemporary multiracial society. This beautifully illustrated catalogue features new scholarship by New Yorker staff writer Hilton Als, MoMA Chief Curator of Drawings, Connie Butler, LACMA Chief Curator of Contemporary Art, Franklin Sirmans, and the AAM's Nancy and Bob Magoon CEO and Director, Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson.
Artist File
Title | Artist File PDF eBook |
Author | Lorna Simpson |
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Release | 1970 |
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Lorna Simpson
Title | Lorna Simpson PDF eBook |
Author | Lorna Simpson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 6 |
Release | 1990 |
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Lorna Simpson
Title | Lorna Simpson PDF eBook |
Author | Lorna Simpson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 7 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Photography, Artistic |
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Lorna Simpson
Title | Lorna Simpson PDF eBook |
Author | Lorna Simpson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 4 |
Release | 1992 |
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Lorna Simpson, Standing in the Water
Title | Lorna Simpson, Standing in the Water PDF eBook |
Author | Lorna Simpson |
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Release | 1994 |
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