Lorna Simpson "Ink"

Salon 94 Freemans

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This marks Lorna Simpson's inaugural show at Salon 94 as well as her first exhibition of drawings.

The exhibition is comprised of a video projection and a series of drawings that explore politics and social history. One suite of drawings depicts women's heads turned away from the viewer, revealing only their hairstyles and the most peripheral glance at their faces. They are simultaneously stylized and free form, floating alone on the page and open to interpretation, as the hairstyles verge on abstractions.

We will also be showing a work composed of a constellation of small archival photo booth portraits from the 1940's. Simpson pairs these portraits with abstract, improvisational inkblot drawings of the same format, allowing the viewer to question the readings that they impose on the portraits. As in her drawings of heads, the inkblots suggest absence and presence, and become stand-ins for the sitter.

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Schedule

from October 23, 2008 to December 13, 2008

Opening Reception on 2008-10-23 from 18:00 to 20:00

Artist(s)

Lorna Simpson

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