April 25, 2018
2-TIMES • Art
Lorna Simpson,
‘Unanswerable’
@ Hauser & Wirth
—
“A window into the
artist's subconscious;
an examination of
the way in which
images speak; the
way in which we
read them, the way
in which they have
a historic context —
but then we we look
at them in the present
moment, they read
very differently...”
The exhibition:
Is Brooklyn-born
Lorna Simpson's
first solo show with
Hauser & Wirth in
London, featuring
new and recent work
across three different
media: painting,
photographic collage,
and sculpture.
Key themes:
The development of
Simpson's narrative
stems mostly from
her collection of found
images, sourced via
photographs from
vintage 50's to 70's
Ebony & Jet magazines,
with a particular focus
on female protagonists.
“[the magazines]
informed my sense
of thinking about being
black in America, and
are both a reminder
of my childhood and
a lens through which
to see the past fifty
years of history.”
2-TIMES' highlights:
· Ice 5, 2018
· Montage, 2018
On view at:
Hauser & Wirth
—
23 Savile Row,
London W1S 2ET,
United Kingdom.
Closes:
April 28, 2018.
Lorna Simpson @ Hauser & Wirth
PHOTOGRAPHY /
© 2018
Lorna Simpson
—
Courtesy of:
Hauser & Wirth
—
All images:
James Wang
—
Film excerpts via
‘In Conversation:
Lorna Simpson &
Thelma Golden’
CREDITS /
















