III, Lorna Simpson

Artwork Overview

born 1960
III, 1994
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: ceramic; rubber; western red cedar wood; bronze
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 34.5 x 13.5 x 5.5 cm
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 13 9/16 x 5 5/16 x 2 3/16 in
Credit line: Gift of the Peter Norton Family
Accession number: 1994.0092
On display: Perkins Central Court

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Bold Women

Featuring a wishbone repeated in three different materials and contained in a wooden box, III could be a reflection on the process of wishing. The bones suggest a presence, but there is no body. The work eludes easy understanding and invites viewers to create meaning. Along with several artists in this exhibition, Simpson resists clear definitions and her work often interrogates questions of gender, race, and control.

Brosseau Center for Learning: In Conversation with the 2016 KU Common Book

“Americans believe in the reality of ‘race’ as a defined, indubitable feature of the natural world. Racism—the need to ascribe bone-deep features to people and then humiliate, reduce, and destroy them—inevitably follows from this inalterable condition.” ("Between the World and Me," p. 7)

Exhibitions