Acquisition
1992
Lorna Simpson
Suit, 1992
Internal dye diffusion transfer prints and text panel
76 x 44 1/2 in. (193 x 113 cm)
The Artist
currently on display at the
Art Institute of Chicago
- Adolph Gottlieb
- Doug Aitken
- Josef Albers
- Alexander Calder
- Ghada Amer
- Carl Andre
- Richard Artschwager
- Bill Viola
- Lee Bontecou
- Paul Caponigro
- Paul Chan
- Francis Chapin
- Charles Sheeler
- Christo
- Larry Clark
- Dan Flavin
- Dan Graham
- David Aronson
- Jimmie Durham
- Edwin Dickinson
- Nicole Eisenman
- Ellsworth Kelly
- General Idea
- George Mueller
- Ger van Elk
- Leon Albert Golub
- Gregorio Prestopino
- Philip Guston
- Hans Hofmann
- Gary Hume
- Irene Rice Pereira
- James Lechay
- Jim Dine
- Jasper Johns
- Joseph Raffael
- Donald Judd
- Jules Olitski
- Julian E. Levi
- June Leaf
- Alex Katz
- Guillermo Kuitca
- Kurt Seligmann
- Lorna Simpson
- Roberto Matta
- Joan Mitchell
- Matthew Monahan
- Robert Morris
- Osvaldo Louis Guglielmi
- Nam June Paik
- Ed Paschke
- Jackson Pollock
- Raoul Hague
- Reinhard Mucha
- Bridget Riley
- Doris Salcedo
- Julian Schnabel
- Sean Sean Scully
- Ben Shahn
- Paul Sharits
- Siah Armajani
- David Smith
- Bob Snyder
- Yutaka Sone
- Nancy Spero
- Hedda Sterne
- Rudolph Stingel
- Jessica Stockholder
- Tacita Dean
- Wolfgang Tillmans
- Rosemarie Trockel
- James Turrell
- Danh Vo
- Wayne Thiebaud
- Martin Wong
- Christopher Wool
The Acquisition
In Suit, Lorna simpson examins gender representation and the implications of fashion by presenting a woman in masculine clothing. In speaking of this work, the artist has stated: "I like using the figure a of the black woman to talk about many different things, including men. I don't have to have a man in the picture to suggest that these figures are both male and female. I'm hoping to stretch the viewer's perceptions beyond thoughts of race and gender."