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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Untitiled (9 Layers) by Adam Fowler, Image 1.

    Adam Fowler

    Untitiled (9 Layers), 2007

    Hand-cut graphite on paper

    36 x 24 in (91.44 x 60.96 cm)

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

    Takasumi Abe

    [Circulate] One Thousand Clouds, 2006

    Installation with drawing paper, graphite, performance video

  3. Gina at Home by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Gina at Home, 2003

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8 in (27.94 x 20.32 cm)

  4. Rodney Crowell's Masterpiece, 2001 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Rodney Crowell's Masterpiece, 2001, 2001

    Ink on paper

    12 x 9 in (30.48 x 22.86 cm)

  5. Philadelphia Cemetery by David Schofield, Image 1.

    David Schofield

    Philadelphia Cemetery, 1985

    Ink on parchment

    30 x 70 in (76.2 x 177.8 cm)

  6. Untitled by Dieter Roth, Image 1.

    Dieter Roth

    Untitled, 1978

    Pencil on paper

    19 x 25 in (48.26 x 63.5 cm)

  7. Smith Drug Store Cowboy by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Smith Drug Store Cowboy

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  8. Rine Stone Cowboy, 2010-2011 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Rine Stone Cowboy, 2010-2011

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 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.