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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Feeding Grounds by Mark Thomas Gibson, Image 2.

    Mark Thomas Gibson

    Feeding Grounds, 2020

    Ink on paper collage

    22 x 30 in (55.88 x 76.2 cm)

  2. Geina Hart at Work by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Geina Hart at Work, 2002

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  3. Matt Damon, 2001 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Matt Damon, 2001, 2001

    Ink on paper

    11 x 9 in (27.94 x 22.86 cm)

  4. Chuck Norris, 2001 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Chuck Norris, 2001, 2001

    Ink on paper

    12 x 9 in (30.48 x 22.86 cm)

  5. Ginger Read, 2001 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Ginger Read, 2001, 2001

    Ink on paper

    12 x 9 in (30.48 x 22.86 cm)

  6. A Feamal Actor by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    A Feamal Actor, c. 2000

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  7. Landscape by William Dunlap, Image 1.

    William Dunlap

    Landscape, 1972

    Pencil on paper

    32.25 x 28.125 in (81.92 x 71.44 cm)

  8. Russa Emlem, 2000 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Russa Emlem, 2000

    Ink on paper

    12.625 x 9.625 in (32.07 x 24.45 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.