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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Ancestors by Cynthia Farnell, Image 1.

    Cynthia Farnell

    Ancestors, 2018

    HD video

  2. Untitled (Painting on Easel), New York by Ralph Gibson, Image 1.

    Ralph Gibson

    Untitled (Painting on Easel), New York, 1989

    Chromogenic print

    14 x 11 in (35.56 x 27.94 cm)

  3. Kevin Wrigley

    Untitled, 1975

    Gelatin silver print

    4.75 x 6.5 in (12.07 x 16.51 cm)

  4. Dutch Iris on Bokara by Laura Grosch, Image 1.

    Laura Grosch

    Dutch Iris on Bokara, 1975

    Lithograph on paper

    22 x 30 in (55.88 x 76.2 cm)

  5. Sahara Folio by Walter Darby Bannard, Image 1.

    Walter Darby Bannard

    Sahara Folio, 1974

    Mixed media on canvas

  6. Untitled by Richard Howard Hunt, Image 1.

    Richard Howard Hunt

    Untitled, 1972

    Lithograph on paper

    23 x 20 in (58.42 x 50.8 cm)

  7. Dramatic Works of Shakespeare - King Henry the Eighth by John Boydell, Image 1.

    John Boydell

    Dramatic Works of Shakespeare - King Henry the Eighth, 1803

    Engraving on paper

    17.25 x 23 in (43.82 x 58.42 cm)

  8. Jon Gould and Victor Hugo on a Surfboard by Andy Warhol, Image 1.

    Andy Warhol

    Jon Gould and Victor Hugo on a Surfboard, No date

    Gelatin silver print

    8 x 10 in (20.32 x 25.4 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.