The Atrium Project invites artists from all points in their careers to respond to the museum's bright, two-story entrance through a new large-scale work.
Short White icicle-like formations layered above plumes of blue smoke fill two side-by-side panels.
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.
Short Two sets of black-and-white cartoon eyes and mouths are partially covered by two photographs of a young, clean-shaven Abraham Lincoln and splattered with drips and slashes of black and white paint.
Atrium Project:Lorna Simpson–
