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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. Teaching Capitalism to Nature by Clint Sleeper, Image 1.

    Clint Sleeper

    Teaching Capitalism to Nature, 2014

    Archival pigment print

    32.5 x 41 in (82.55 x 104.14 cm)

  3. The Award of Self by Chris Johanson, Image 1.

    Chris Johanson

    The Award of Self, 2009

    Acrylic on cast resin mounted to recycled wood base

    21 x 7 x 1.5 in (53.34 x 17.78 x 3.81 cm)

  4. Knife by Erin Shirreff, Image 1.

    Erin Shirreff

    Knife, 2008

    Black and white archival pigment print

    40 x 30 in (101.6 x 76.2 cm)

  5. White Light Bulb, Batiste House, Pictures from Eve's Bayou by William Eggleston, Image 1.

    William Eggleston

    White Light Bulb, Batiste House, Pictures from Eve's Bayou, 1998

    Dye transfer print

    16 x 20 in (40.64 x 50.8 cm)

  6. Nell Smith Flux Encounter by Alan Saret, Image 1.

    Alan Saret

    Nell Smith Flux Encounter, 1983

    Pencil on paper

    22.5 x 30.125 in (57.15 x 76.52 cm)

  7. Untitled (Falling Man) by Ernest Trova, Image 1.

    Ernest Trova

    Untitled (Falling Man), 1978

    Steel

    12 x 11 x 25 in (30.48 x 27.94 x 63.5 cm)

  8. Small Yellow: January 1973 by Patrick Heron, Image 1.

    Patrick Heron

    Small Yellow: January 1973, 1973

    Screenprint on paper

    16.5 x 20.25 in (41.91 x 51.44 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.