Lorna Simpson

Lorna Simpson's photographic collages utilize Jet and Ebony magazines and out of print textbooks as sources for her artwork, which document African American perspectives and experiences. The collages reveal fragmented narratives and groupings that reflect our relationship with universal forces and the passage of time. Simpson uses dramatic cropping, distortions of scale, and aerial viewpoints to create unconventional settings for the human figures, exemplifying the surreal world conjured in her practice.