Lorna Simpson, Bio, 1992
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Bio, 1992
Internal dye diffusion transfer process prints and engraved Plexiglas plaques
98 × 162 in. (248.9 × 411.5 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Maremont Corporation by exchange; purchased through funds provided by AT&T NEW ART/NEW VISIONS, 1992.90.a-u
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Atrium Project:Lorna Simpson–- Long Billowing blue smoke fills the bottom of two side-by-side panels. Layers of white icicle formations obscure black-and-white newspaper clippings in the middle sections of each panel. Behind the forms, a wash of black, grey, and white fills the tops of each panel.
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Lorna Simpson, Flipside, 1991 - Long A pair of black-and-white photographs with matching black frames and solid black backgrounds capture a portrait of a woman with short, kinky, black hair from behind and a wooden mask from behind with a carved chin-length wig that curls at the ends and comes to a point at the top. Centered below is a black label with white text that reads "the neighbors were suspicious of her hairstyle."
