three black-and-white images, from top: mouth, chin and collar bones of dark-skinned female figure; small cylindrical brick building with conical roof; and cylinrical loops of hair braids; surrounded by six black blocks with white text

%C2%A9 1991 Lorna Simpson

Counting, 1991

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Lorna Simpson combines images and text to create narratives open to multiple interpretations. The images here—a cropped portrait of an anonymous black woman, a brick smokehouse that once sheltered enslaved Africans, and braided hair arranged in concentric rings—are accompanied by numerical notations and times of day, representing methods of counting. Simpson invites the viewer to contemplate the experiences of African Americans in various locations across time.

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Title
Counting
Artist Life
born 1960
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2005.163
Provenance
Daniel Avchen, Minneapolis; given to MIA, 2005.
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three black-and-white images, from top: mouth, chin and collar bones of dark-skinned female figure; small cylindrical brick building with conical roof; and cylinrical loops of hair braids; surrounded by six black blocks with white text

© 1991 Lorna Simpson

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