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



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“Earth & Sky #24” (2016), collage on paper, 11 x 8 1/2 inches. All photographs 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 1 explicit medium, working throughout images, portray, collage, and sculpture in an intuitive course of she discusses in a brand new interview.

I believe by way of making artwork or working, it’s not all the time comfy. It’s not all the time assured…Quite a lot of occasions, there’s perhaps a whole lot of questions, or it might probably have that factor the place I’m not fairly positive if I’m pulling it off. I’m not fairly positive if it’s a good suggestion or the way it works. Repeatedly, I’ve come to respect being uncomfortable and leaning extra into the method of figuring issues out as a means of continuing.

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