9A Untitled from "Utah Series"
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Details
Title
9A Untitled from "Utah Series"
Artist/Maker
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Date
2010
Medium
Dye coupler print
Dimensions
Overall: 30 x 40 inches
Credit
Gift of the artist in honor of David C. Driskell and the Driskell Prize Committee
Accession #
2010.20
On View
Currently not on view
Xaviera Simmons works at the intersection of performance art and photography. For her Utah series, she staged self-portraits while trekking through the state’s rugged and wild terrain. The resulting works recall historical images of the westward expansion in both early photography and landscape painting of the 1800s, when artists began to explore America’s sublime and unknown frontier. Against this backdrop, Simmons evokes the nation’s colonial legacy, questions the accepted narrative of the country’s inevitable expansion, and she indicates the overlooked roles of African Americans in that narrative.
Image Copyright
© Xaviera Simmons
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