The Art of Lorna Simpson

Lorna Simpson

Photography has been reintroduced to the world of art in a way that is distant from what use to be the norm. We would examine a photograph for what it was worth and would never concern ourselves with what lied beneath the surface. We would analyze the image from what the photographer captured in plain sight, allowing for the still image to be just that, still. Photographer/Artist, Lorna Simpson, has changed the game for us viewers. Her works are known to play on stereo types towards class and both racial and gender discrimination. The world of art that she has reintroduced us to is of a unique character. Her form of art is creative, leaving you full of thought, focusing in on acts beyond belief.

Title:  'The Park' Title:  The Bed'

Artist: Lorna Simpson Artist:  Lorna Simpson

Date: 1995 Date:  1995

Type: Serigraph on 6 felt panels with Type: Serigraph on 4 felt panels

2 text panels with 1 felt text panel

Dimensions: 67 x 67 1/2 inches overall Dimensions: 183 x 114.5 cm overall

Image Location: Image Location: http://lsimpsonstudio.com/feltworks04.html http://lsimpsonstudio.com/feltworks05.html

Lorna Simpson was born in 1960 in Brooklyn, New York. She attended the School of Visual Arts in New York where she obtained her B.F.A in 1982. In 1985 she earned her M.F.A at the University of California in San Diego. It was during this time when Lorna Simpson started to experiment with new ways to engage the viewer. She became known for her photo-text images...