Lorna Simpson Quotes

• I focus on details, either of the body, or of objects that represent gender, sexuality, and other themes.

  Lorna Simpson

  Focus, Details, Body

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• Real is a contentious word. What can be considered real and or verified does not necessarily mean that it is recognized or acknowledged on a micro or macro level. There are many different ways to interrogate or locate a subject. One should take into account the lens by which we think of the idea of a subject.

  Lorna Simpson

  Real, Medio, Pensamiento

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• The only thing I can hope the viewer will get from the work is something about the structure of the work. It would be asking too much, I think, for them to get my exact intention. But if - through the construct of language, the way things are juxtaposed - there is some sort of disruption of the way you would normally go about reaching photographic images... if that is happening, that's fine.

  Lorna Simpson

  Thinking, Too Much, Way

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• The construction of femininity is a construction, yes, but also it can be twisted and turned around in such a way that doesn't necessarily mean it is pointing to the female body or male body in such a binary fashion. The culture is already there and has always been, but not as equal citizens. I think there is more progress to come.

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  Moda, Significado, Pensamiento

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• In my work, there's mechanism that is "real," which is formed from the historical concepts of the images that I'm working with. That doesn't fall completely into a cliché. There are elements about it that carry historical context and edges.

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  Real, Fall, Historical

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• I started to concentrate more upon how the viewer looks at photographs... I would insert my own text or my own specific reading of the image to give the viewer something they might not interpret or surmise, due to their educated way of looking at images, and reading them for their emotional, psychological, and/or sociological values. So I would start to interject these things that the photograph would not speak of and that I felt needed to be revealed, but that couldn't be revealed from just looking at an image.

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  Reading, Emotional, Giving

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• Leyendo sobre feminismo cuando era adolescente y viéndolo como una mujer joven, me di cuenta de que el feminismo realmente no se había ocupado de la sexualidad; realmente no se había ocupado de las mujeres transexuales u homosexuales.

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  Teenager, Reading, Gay

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• My artistic practice always involved diversity to the groups of people in which I would find camaraderie, friendship, colleagues, whereas I feel, to be honest, a lot of those circles were just completely white. I think that's something that's unstated or stated with bravado. That is not anywhere near part my experience, especially as a New Yorker.

  Lorna Simpson

  Thinking, People, Diversity

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• Generally, the imagery and the text go hand in hand. It's much easier when the text comes first, but sometimes I need visual stimulation in order to find the words. I get an idea of what I want when I begin to shoot, and the text is usually the last thing to be resolved. I tend to leave the text open, and I refine the words up to the last minute. As for the image, I can resolve that and get that done fairly quickly.

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  Order, Ideas, Hands

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