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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. [Circulate] One Thousand Clouds by Takasumi Abe, Image 3.

    Takasumi Abe

    [Circulate] One Thousand Clouds, 2006

    Installation with drawing paper, graphite, performance video

  2. Scottie on Star Track, 1999 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Scottie on Star Track, 1999, 1999

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  3. Mixed Encounter with Blue by Alan Saret, Image 1.

    Alan Saret

    Mixed Encounter with Blue, 1983

    Pencil on paper

    22.5 x 30.125 in (57.15 x 76.52 cm)

  4. Untitled (Greek Drawing) by Herb Jackson, Image 1.

    Herb Jackson

    Untitled (Greek Drawing), 1979

    Oil crayon on paper

    14.5 x 10.5 in (36.83 x 26.67 cm)

  5. Doug's Custom Trout Door Handles by David T. Kessler, Image 1.

    David T. Kessler

    Doug's Custom Trout Door Handles, 1974

    Pencil on paper

    46.5 x 34.875 x 1.75 in (118.11 x 88.58 x 4.45 cm)

  6. Momer Harpe Self and Baby, 20005-20006 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Momer Harpe Self and Baby, 20005-20006

    Ink on paper

    10.875 x 8.5 in (27.62 x 21.59 cm)

  7. Oscar Actress, 2001-2002 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Oscar Actress, 2001-2002

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  8. Untitled by Carl Holty, Image 2.

    Carl Holty

    Untitled, 1948-1949

    Graphite and crayon on paper

    9.75 x 8 in (24.77 x 20.32 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.