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DESCRIPTION:Laurie Simmons {bio: (b. 1949\, Long Island\, New York)\, a central figure of\nthe Pictures Generation\, is known for her staged photographs and films with\npaper dolls\, finger puppets\, ventriloquist dummies\, and costumed dancers as\n“living objects\,” animating a dollhouse world suffused with nostalgia\nand colored by an adult's memories\, longings\, and regrets. Simmons's work\nblends psychological\, political\, and conceptual approaches to art\nmaking—transforming photography's propensity to objectify people\,\nespecially women\, into a sustained critique of the medium. Mining childhood\nmemories and media constructions of gender roles\, her photographs are\ncharged with an eerie\, dreamlike quality. On first glance\, her works often\nappear whimsical\, but there is a disquieting aspect to Simmons's child's\nplay\, as her characters struggle over identity in an environment in which\nthe value placed on consumption\, designer objects\, and domestic space is\ninflated to absurd proportions.
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LOCATION:Edlis Neeson Theater
SUMMARY:Talk: Laurie Simmons
URL;VALUE=URI:https://mcachicago.org/calendar/2019/02/talk-laurie-simmons
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