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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 (110733), from the series “Insula” by Saul Robbins, Image 1.

    Saul Robbins

    Untitled (110733), from the series “Insula”, 2007

    Vintage chromogenic print mounted to board

    20 x 20 in (50.8 x 50.8 cm)

  3. Untitled by Kristina Rogers, Image 1.

    Kristina Rogers

    Untitled, 1995

    Gelatin silver print

    11 x 14 in (27.94 x 35.56 cm)

  4. Velvet/Utopia, from the portfolio "Utopia" by Mark Hall, Image 1.

    Mark Hall

    Velvet/Utopia, from the portfolio "Utopia", 1989

    Silkscreen on paper

    22.5 x 14.875 in (57.15 x 37.78 cm)

  5. Various Grades Flux Encounter by Alan Saret, Image 1.

    Alan Saret

    Various Grades Flux Encounter, 1983

    Pencil on paper

    22.5 x 30 in (57.15 x 76.2 cm)

  6. B.N. 6477 by Robert Weaver, Image 1.

    Robert Weaver

    B.N. 6477, 1977

    Lithograph on paper

    24.125 x 18.0625 in (61.28 x 45.88 cm)

  7. School Girls by Isabel Bishop, Image 1.

    Isabel Bishop

    School Girls, 1974

    Etching and aquatint on paper

    13.5 x 17.5 in (34.29 x 44.45 cm)

  8. Dramatic Works of Shakespeare - A Midsummers Night's Dream by John Boydell, Image 1.

    John Boydell

    Dramatic Works of Shakespeare - A Midsummers Night's Dream, 1803

    Engraving on paper

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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.