![]() ![]() ![]() Those two magazines, in particular, focused on the lifestyles, culture, and politics of African Americans. Heads is a collage of cut-up images from Ebony and Jet magazines from the 1950s–1970s. These same issues of African-American life are the focus of her video animation Heads. Other works such as Wigs (1994) dissect the complicated relationship African-American women have with wigs. Simpson is known for her works such as Guarded Conditions (1980), which explores the violence and oppression of African-American women in contemporary society. Recently, she photographed Rihanna for the cover of Essence magazine's January/February issue. Simpson was also a finalist for the Hugo Boss Prize in 1998, which recognizes the most outstanding and influential contemporary art in our time. She rose in prominence in the 1980s and 1990s as the first African American woman to have her work shown at the Venice Biennale, the most prestigious art exhibition in the world. ![]() Born in New York in 1960, she studied photography at the School of Visual Arts and received an MFA from the University of California San Diego. Simpson is an African-American photographer and multimedia artist who explores representation, identity, gender, race, and history in her works. Louis will showcase two video animations on September 3–February 13, 2022, by the prominent artist Lorna Simpson that focus on African Americans' identity, representation, politics, and culture. ![]()
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