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Gary
Simmons

Gary Simmons
Sculptor and Installation Artist
New York, NY
2007 USA Fellow

This award was generously supported by Agnes Gund.
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Gary Simmons’s drawings and installations trace and selectively remove elements of individual and collective narrative through the act of erasure. He addresses memory, history, and personal experiences through abstract references to a fragmented past. For Simmons, erasure is not only a physical act but also one that has a conceptual framework. Although society may attempt to eradicate the memories of past injustices, evidence of those events remains, haunting us and shaping the present. His current work consists of site-specific projects that refer to architecture, film, theoretical texts, and science fiction.

Portrait photo courtesy Colt Hausman.

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  • Artwork by Gary Simmons
    Reflection of a Future Past, 2003, oil and pigment; photo courtesy Tom Powel
Artwork by Gary Simmons