Laurie Simmons
(American, born 1949)
Biography
Laurie Simmons is a contemporary American photographer and filmmaker. Known for her distinct visual style and staged domestic scenes using dolls and miniature objects, Simmons questions the veracity of photographic realism and the stereotypes of American culture. Many of her most iconic works come from her Walking Objects series: in Walking Camera I (Jimmy the Camera) (1987), an old-fashioned bellows camera stands upright on humans legs, offering a commentary on how women are represented in popular media through a memorably surreal image. “I’m not interested in a visual Magical Realism,” Simmons has said. “Given a chance, I’ll always go for accurate perspective and scale in the hopes that someone might believe the scene.” Born on October 3, 1949 in Long Island, NY, Simmons went on to receive her BFA from Tyler School of Art, PA in 1971. She emerged in the 1980s as a prominent member of the Pictures Generation, alongside Cindy Sherman and Louise Lawler. Today, her work is found in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, among others. Simmons lives and works between New York, NY and Cornwall, CT.
Laurie Simmons Artworks
Laurie Simmons
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.jpg "The instant decorator (Sun room), 2001")
.jpg "Untitled (collab. w/Chip Dunhman), 1993")
.jpg "Sans titre (Doug Skinner and Eddy Gray), 1986")
.jpg "Bullet (Cindy Sherman), 1980")
English (US)
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