num_pages: 240
description: The most comprehensive and up-to-date monograph available on the work of celebrated artist Lorna Simpson a trailblazer who continues to influence and inspire Lorna Simpson is a multimedia artist known for her pioneering approach to conceptual photography. In 1993 Simpson was the first African-American woman ever to show in the Venice Biennale and to have a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art New York. This landmark book documents Simpson's career in its entirety up to her most recent work - Simpson's portrait of Rihanna for the January 2021 cover of Essence has been deemed as one of the most iconic fashion images ever made by a panel of experts in The New York Magazine . In doing so it sheds light on the remarkable path that Simpson paved to global critical acclaim and art-world stardom. The first edition of this sell-out volume has been thoroughly revised and updated including a new essay by Guggenheim Deputy Director Naomi Beckwith.
language: English
title: Lorna Simpson: Revised & Expanded Edition
publisher: Phaidon Press