Lorna Simpson On Perspective, the Complexity of Layering, and Doing What She Wants — Colossal



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“Earth & Sky #24” (2016), collage on paper, 11 x 8 1/2 inches. All images by James Wang, courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth, © Lorna Simpson, shared with permission

Although Lorna Simpson is understood primarily as a photographer, she doesn’t restrict herself to at least one explicit medium, working throughout pictures, portray, collage, and sculpture in an intuitive course of she discusses in a brand new interview.

I feel when it comes to making artwork or working, it’s not at all times comfy. It’s not at all times assured…Plenty of occasions, there’s possibly loads of questions, or it may possibly have that factor the place I’m not fairly certain if I’m pulling it off. I’m not fairly certain if it’s a good suggestion or the way it works. Again and again, I’ve come to respect being uncomfortable and leaning extra into the method of figuring issues out as a method of continuing.

On this dialog with Colossal contributor Paulette Beete, Simpson describes how her perspective and gaze modifications over time, why she must forestall the analytical when creating, and what it’s meant, as a Black lady artist, to at all times be loyal to herself and her work.

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“Stroll with me” (2020), collage on paper, 29 3/8 x 22 1/2 inches

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