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Xaviera
Simmons, Index Four Composition Two, 2013, color photograph, 40 x
50 inches. Image via saic.edu.
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Underscore and Open
Wednesday,
March 12, 6:00 PM
THE SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
SAIC Columbus Auditorium
SAIC Columbus Auditorium
280
South Columbus Drive
Chicago,
IL
From the SAIC web site:
Xaviera Simmons's
body of work spans photography, performance, video, sound, sculpture and
installation. Rooted in an ongoing investigation of experience, memory,
abstraction, and present and future histories that specifically shift notions
surrounding landscape, her studio practice is defined as cyclical rather than
linear. In other words, Simmons is committed equally to the examination of
different artistic modes and processes. For example, she may dedicate part of a
year to photography, another part to performance, and other parts to
installation, video, and sound works—keeping her practice in constant and
consistent rotation, shift, and engagement.
Simmons
received a BFA from Bard College after spending two years of walking pilgrimage
retracing the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade with Buddhist Monks. She completed the
Whitney Museum's ISP in Studio Art (2005) while simultaneously completing a
two-year actor-training conservatory with the Maggie Flanigan
Studio. Simmons's major exhibitions and performances include the
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut; Museum of Modern Art,
New York; New National Museum of Monaco; Studio Museum in Harlem, New York; and
SculptureCenter, New York. Simmons is a recipient of countless awards and
fellowships, and her works are in the collections of UBS; Deutsche Bank;
Guggenheim Museum, New York; High Museum of Art, Atlanta; Museum of
Contemporary Art, Chicago; and Studio Museum in Harlem.
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