On This Day: August 13,1960 artist Lorna Simpson was born in Brooklyn, New York. In this video, she
On This Day: August 13,1960 artist Lorna Simpson was born in Brooklyn, New York. In this video, she discusses the process of creating and printing ‘Double Portrait’ 2013 (featured above). Find more Lorna Simpson in the archive. Lorna Simpson first became well-known in the mid-1980s for her large-scale photograph-and-text works that confront and challenge narrow, conventional views of gender, identity, culture, history and memory. With the African-American woman as a visual point of departure, Simpson uses the figure to examine the ways in which gender and culture shape the interactions, relationships and experiences of our lives in contemporary multi-racial America.[Photograph of Simpson, by BJORN IOOSS, Images courtesy of the artist]. -- source link
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