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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Planes Above by Amir H. Fallah, Image 2.

    Amir H. Fallah

    Planes Above, 2023

    Acrylic on aluminum

    72.5 x 27 x 27 in (184.15 x 68.58 x 68.58 cm)

  2. We Are In This Together (multi) by Tavares Strachan, Image 2.

    Tavares Strachan

    We Are In This Together (multi), 2018

    Cobalt super blue, sky blue, traffic light green, green, clear gold neon, transformers

    16 x 73 x 0.375 in (40.64 x 185.42 x 0.95 cm)

  3. Wading by Kiki Smith, Image 1.

    Kiki Smith

    Wading, 2004

    Hand-colored iris print with tissue collage

    21.625 x 16.625 in (54.93 x 42.23 cm)

  4. Blue Vine, Bourgogne by Ralph Gibson, Image 1.

    Ralph Gibson

    Blue Vine, Bourgogne, 1992

    Chromogenic print

    20 x 16 in (50.8 x 40.64 cm)

  5. La Hilandera by Juan Valladares Falen, Image 1.

    Juan Valladares Falen

    La Hilandera, 1979

    Etching on paper

    25.5 x 19.5 in (64.77 x 49.53 cm)

  6. January 1973: 3 by Patrick Heron, Image 1.

    Patrick Heron

    January 1973: 3, 1973

    Screenprint on paper

    27.25 x 35.75 in (69.22 x 90.81 cm)

  7. Orpheus, Stages of an Image by Varujan Boghosian, Image 1.

    Varujan Boghosian

    Orpheus, Stages of an Image, c. 1970

    Woodcut on paper

    30 x 22.25 in (76.2 x 56.52 cm)

  8. Repeat After Me by Eila Hershon, Image 1.

    Eila Hershon

    Repeat After Me, 1969

    Etching with poem on paper

    20.375 x 27.5 in (51.75 x 69.85 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.