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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. America: A Hymnal by Bethany Collins, Image 4.

    Bethany Collins

    America: A Hymnal, 2017

    Book with 100 laser cut leaves

    6 x 9 x 1 in (15.24 x 22.86 x 2.54 cm)

  2. Ancestors I by Amir H. Fallah, Image 1.

    Amir H. Fallah

    Ancestors I, 2015

    C-print, acrylic, and dried paint skins

    20 x 16 in (50.8 x 40.64 cm)

  3. Extensión by Regina José Galindo, Image 6.

    Regina José Galindo

    Extensión, 2008

    Human hair

  4. Masquerades by Peter Doig, Image 1.

    Peter Doig

    Masquerades, 2006

    Giclee print on Somerset velvet enhanced 225

    24.75 x 20 in (62.87 x 50.8 cm)

  5. Dos Equis and Alewives for Jane by Leonard Edward Dowhie, Image 1.

    Leonard Edward Dowhie

    Dos Equis and Alewives for Jane, 1982

    Lithograph on paper

    22.25 x 15.125 in (56.52 x 38.42 cm)

  6. Unidentified Woman (Red Ruby Earrings) by Andy Warhol, Image 1.

    Andy Warhol

    Unidentified Woman (Red Ruby Earrings), 1979

    Polaroid

    4.25 x 3.375 in (10.8 x 8.57 cm)

  7. Skaean Gates by Stanley William Hayter, Image 1.

    Stanley William Hayter

    Skaean Gates, 1979

    Engraving on paper

    15.75 x 11.5 in (40.01 x 29.21 cm)

  8. Zig by William Haendel, Image 1.

    William Haendel

    Zig, 1976

    Lithograph on paper

    23.25 x 18 in (59.06 x 45.72 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.