Laurie Simmons

Artist

Laurie Simmons is an American artist, born in New York in 1949. In 1971, she received a BFA from the Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia. Simmons stages photographs and films with paper dolls, finger puppets, ventriloquist dummies, and costumed dancers as living objects, animating a dollhouse. The work she produces is an amalgamation of psychological and political issues, particularly the objectification of people, especially women. She has had major exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, New York (2006); Baltimore Museum of Art (1997); San Jose Museum of Art, California (1990); Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (1987); and has participated in two Whitney Biennials (1985, 1991).

Laurie Simmons is an American artist, born in New York in 1949. In 1971, she received a BFA from the Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia. Simmons stages photographs and films with paper dolls, finger puppets, ventriloquist dummies, and costumed dancers as living objects, animating a dollhouse. The work she produces is an amalgamation of psychological and political issues, particularly the objectification of people, especially women. She has had major exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, New York (2006); Baltimore Museum of Art (1997); San Jose Museum of Art, California (1990); Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (1987); and has participated in two Whitney Biennials (1985, 1991).

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