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Additional Artworks

From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Dirty Laundry by Mella Jaarsma, Image 1.

    Mella Jaarsma

    Dirty Laundry, 2017

    Mixed media costume

  2. Afleck by Frank Faulkner, Image 1.

    Frank Faulkner

    Afleck, 1989

    Acrylic on canvas

    72 x 72 in (182.88 x 182.88 cm)

  3. Benny Andrews, New York, N.Y. by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    Benny Andrews, New York, N.Y., 1982

    Gelatin silver print

    9 x 13.5 in (22.86 x 34.29 cm)

  4. Triangles Within a Square V by Gordon House, Image 1.

    Gordon House

    Triangles Within a Square V, 1971

    Etching on paper

    24.75 x 17.875 in (62.87 x 45.4 cm)

  5. Jeremiah by Giorgio Ghisi, Image 1.

    Giorgio Ghisi

    Jeremiah, c. 1570

    Engraving on paper

    21.75 x 16.25 in (55.25 x 41.28 cm)

  6. Unidentified Men by Andy Warhol, Image 1.

    Andy Warhol

    Unidentified Men, No date

    Gelatin silver print

    10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.32 cm)

  7. General Dynamic F.U.N. The Puzzle of Female Pleasure by Eduardo Paolozzi, Image 1.

    Eduardo Paolozzi

    General Dynamic F.U.N. The Puzzle of Female Pleasure, 1965/70

    Photolithograph

    10 x 15 in (25.4 x 38.1 cm)

  8. Southern Rockies by R Fish, Image 1.

    R Fish

    Southern Rockies, No date

    Lithograph on paper

    22.25 x 14.875 in (56.52 x 37.78 cm)

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About the artist

Gene Merritt

American

1936-2015

Gene Merritt was an American artist based in Rock Hill, South Carolina, who never left his home state after suffering from brain damage as a boy. He was self-taught, and his access to the external world came primarily through television. Therefore, much of his work was centered around the celebrity phenomenon, with portraits being drawn from memory or otherwise loosely based off of celebrities seen in film or on TV. He began drawing in 1992, and primarily used ballpoint pen to piece together fragments of the celebrity’s figure like a puzzle. His work is noted in the Collection de l’Art Brut.