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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. 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)

  2. Cheeseburger Man, 2005 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Cheeseburger Man, 2005, 2005

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8 in (27.94 x 20.32 cm)

  3. Rose Hill Church, Fisher Ferry Road by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    Rose Hill Church, Fisher Ferry Road, 1975

    Chromogenic print

    13.375 x 20 in (33.97 x 50.8 cm)

  4. Late Afternoon by Gordon Mortensen, Image 1.

    Gordon Mortensen

    Late Afternoon, 1974

    Woodcut on paper

    17.25 x 23.5 in (43.82 x 59.69 cm)

  5. Robyn Denny

    Light of the World, H, 1970

    Screenprint on paper

    29.25 x 32.125 in (74.3 x 81.6 cm)

  6. Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene by McKendree Robbins Long, Image 1.

    McKendree Robbins Long

    Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene, c. 1965

    Oil on masonite panel

    39 x 29 in (99.06 x 73.66 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. Man in Frame, Queens, NYC by N. Jay Jaffee, Image 1.

    N. Jay Jaffee

    Man in Frame, Queens, NYC, 1950

    Gelatin silver print

    13.875 x 10.875 in (35.24 x 27.62 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.