Featured in our exhibition is an image still from Lorna Simpson’s video installation “Corridor.” Lorna Simpson is a conceptual photographer who rose to prominence in the 1980s for her striking images juxtaposed with text. Her work challenges notions of race, gender, and history, and explores how images and language are complicit in the perpetuation of negative stereotypes. While Simpson began her career as a photographer, the artist also works in painting, collage, sculpture, and film. The following chromogenic print is a still from the first few minutes of her film depicting the domestic everyday activities of two women from two different time periods. Played by the same actress, the film follows a house servant from the year 1860 and a wealthy housewife from the year 1960, presented simultaneously on a dual-screen. As we follow their mundane, daily activities, Simpson challenges the viewer to recognize the parallels between gender roles throughout history, pointing out the lingering gender discrimination that remains despite societal progress. -- Lorna Simpson, “Corridor (Bulb),” 2003. Chromogenic Print, Mounted to Plexiglas. Edition 2 of 5. 20 x 40 ⅛ x ⅜ in. -- #LornaSimpson #ConceptualPhotography #ChromogenicPrint #videoinstallation https://www.instagram.com/p/CRkHeIHFVLM/?utm_medium=tumblr