"I look for an image that's already crazy, and then just do a little bit more,â Simpson explained, highlighting her artistic process of enhancing pre-existing narratives."
"Inspired by a photo in an antique geology textbook, Simpson's work explores the intersection of cosmic events and racial histories in her latest exhibition."
Lorna Simpson's exploration of art and history took an exciting turn when she discovered a meteorite on eBay, which inspired her latest exhibition titled "Earth & Sky." With a price tag around six thousand dollars, the meteorite's arrival spurred Simpson to screen-print meteorite photos onto fibreglass panels. This project was influenced by a photo in an antique geology book, linking cosmic phenomena with historical racial narrativesâspecifically the fate of a sharecropper in the 1920s. Her innovative approach has garnered attention, culminating in a work featured in the Metropolitan Museum's upcoming retrospective of her paintings.
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