Lorna Simpson - Lauren Rosati

The First Publication On The Painting Practice Of Artist Lorna Simpson, Whose Work Combines Abstraction And Figuration To Highlight Complexities Of Memory And Representation This Revelatory First Look At The Paintings Of Lorna Simpson (b. 1960), An Artist Who Has Worked Primarily As A Photographer For Much Of Her Career, Examines This Significant Development In Her Practice Over The Last Decade. Simpsons Recent Works, Midway Between Photography And Painting, Advance Her Incisive Explorations Of Gender, Race, And History Through Bodies That Emerge And Disappearpeering From Inky Surfaces Or Dissolving Into Landscapes Of Melting Ice.