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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Capsule (Street Sweeper Bristles) by Chris Beeston, Image 1.

    Chris Beeston

    Capsule (Street Sweeper Bristles), 2018

    Street sweeper bristles, stainless hardware

    12 x 30 x 12 in (30.48 x 76.2 x 30.48 cm)

  2. Ntozakhe II, Parktown, from the Somnyama Ngonyama series by Zanele Muholi, Image 2.

    Zanele Muholi

    Ntozakhe II, Parktown, from the Somnyama Ngonyama series, 2016

    Photography

    119.5 x 85.75 in (303.53 x 217.81 cm)

  3. Guanajuato I, from the series Cities by Sze Tsung Nicolás Leong, Image 1.

    Sze Tsung Nicolás Leong

    Guanajuato I, from the series Cities, 2009

    Chromogenic print on board

    43.5 x 54.5 in (110.49 x 138.43 cm)

  4. The Boston Massacre by Larry Rivers, Image 1.

    Larry Rivers

    The Boston Massacre, 1979

    Screenprint on paper

  5. Untitled by Richard Howard Hunt, Image 1.

    Richard Howard Hunt

    Untitled, 1978

    Lithograph on paper

    11.5 x 15.5 in (29.21 x 39.37 cm)

  6. Undertaker's Premises, North Side, Dublin by Alen MacWeeney, Image 2.

    Alen MacWeeney

    Undertaker's Premises, North Side, Dublin, 1965

    Archival pigment print

    13 x 19 in (33.02 x 48.26 cm)

  7. Debbie Reynolds by Philippe Halsman, Image 1.

    Philippe Halsman

    Debbie Reynolds, 1951

    Gelatin silver print

    13.75 x 11 in (34.93 x 27.94 cm)

  8. West Street Row: IV, from the "Changing New York" series by Berenice Abbott, Image 1.

    Berenice Abbott

    West Street Row: IV, from the "Changing New York" series, c. 1948

    Gelatin silver print

    8 x 9.875 in (20.32 x 25.08 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.