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Artist
Taryn Simon
b. 1975, New York, New York, USA · American · Based in New York, New York, USA
- Brown University, Providence
- Conceptual Photography
- Sculpture
- Performance
- Archival Systems
Taryn Simon creates research-intensive photographic and archival projects around systems of power, secrecy, classification and representation. Her work often pairs exact images with dense text, making the institutional structure behind the photograph part of the subject.
Photography; installation; research
Gallery Representation
Artist Films
Artist Taryn Simon: The Art of Mourning | Louisiana Channel
Louisiana Channel10 minOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Major Works
- 2007An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar
- 2008–11A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters I–XVIII
- 2002The Innocents
- 2010Contraband
- 2013The Picture Collection
- 2015Paperwork and the Will of Capital
- 2012Image Atlas
- 2018A Cold Hole
- 2013–14Birds of the West Indies
- 2021The Color of a Flea’s Eye
Museums & Public Collections
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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