Figure
- Date
- 1991
- Classification
- Photographs
- Collection
- Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 75 x 82 1/2 in. (190.5 x 209.6 cm)
framed section: 75 x 43 1/8 x 2 in. (190.5 x 109.5 x 5.1 cm)
b: 2 1/2 x 11 in. (6.4 x 27.9 cm)
c: 4 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. (11.4 x 41.9 cm)
d: 2 1/2 x 11 in. (6.4 x 27.9 cm)
e: 4 1/2 x 12 3/4 in. (11.4 x 32.4 cm)
f: 4 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. (11.4 x 41.9 cm)
g: 2 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. (6.4 x 36.8 cm)
h: 2 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. (6.4 x 36.8 cm)
i: 4 1/2 x 18 1/2 in. (11.4 x 47 cm) - Credit Line
- Museum Minority Artists Purchase Fund
- Rights
- © Lorna Simpson
- Object Number
- 41:1993a-i
NOTES
Lorna Simpson uses popular phrases from everyday life with iconic visual images to examine issues of race and gender identity. Using linguistic wordplays and simplified unidentifiable figures, such as the woman whose back is turned to the viewer, Simpson creates a series of scenarios in the viewer’s mind. Simpson considers the notion of African American women being invisible and alludes to their roles as survivors, protagonists, and victims through the use of text and gesture.
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