Artist: Lorna Simpson
About: Lorna was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1960. She graduated from SVA with a BA and got her MFA from UC San Diego.
Work: Lorna is incredibly talented across a wide range of media, from film and photography to collage, felt work and drawing. She uses each medium to tell powerful stories about identity, culture, history, race and ethnicity, focusing on the experience of African-American women in America. Lorna has been celebrated at galleries and museums across the globe (including the Museum of Modern Art) and she was given a 20-year retrospective of her work at the Whitney in 2007.
Lorna Simpson champions the freedom of identity: race, sexuality and gender. With this series especially “Black Hair” identity: Afros or straight hair, strips created from product, or a close buzz cut, all options are open and experimented within the community of Black women. Their hair is part of their signature.
(Source: Lorna Simpson’s Gallery is Salon 94, Bowery, NY – some photos were taken with permission at Frieze Art Fair, Some images are from Lorna Simpson’s website – all images fall under the copyright of Lorna Simpson – none can be reproduced without her written permission. Link: Lorna Simpson’s website.)
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