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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Feeding Grounds by Mark Thomas Gibson, Image 2.

    Mark Thomas Gibson

    Feeding Grounds, 2020

    Ink on paper collage

    22 x 30 in (55.88 x 76.2 cm)

  2. Drifting Churchward by Rick Horton, Image 1.

    Rick Horton

    Drifting Churchward, 1986

    Oil on canvas

    49.25 x 60.25 x 1.25 in (125.1 x 153.04 x 3.18 cm)

  3. Unidentified Woman (White Glasses) by Andy Warhol, Image 1.

    Andy Warhol

    Unidentified Woman (White Glasses), 1980

    Polaroid

    4.25 x 3.375 in (10.8 x 8.57 cm)

  4. C. Vann Woodward, New Haven, Conn. by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    C. Vann Woodward, New Haven, Conn., 1979

    Gelatin silver print

    13.5 x 9 in (34.29 x 22.86 cm)

  5. Expose by John Schlump, Image 1.

    John Schlump

    Expose, 1979

    Screenprint on paper

    8.75 x 23 in (22.23 x 58.42 cm)

  6. B Bear by Irwin Hollander, Image 1.

    Irwin Hollander

    B Bear, 1978

    Lithograph on paper

    13 x 10.75 in (33.02 x 27.31 cm)

  7. To Market, To Market by Paul Szep, Image 1.

    Paul Szep

    To Market, To Market, 1974

    Lithograph on paper

    19.625 x 19.25 in (49.85 x 48.9 cm)

  8. Untitled by Utagawa 歌川 Kunisada 国貞, Image 1.

    Utagawa 歌川 Kunisada 国貞

    Untitled, c. 1850

    Woodblock on paper

    9 x 14 in (22.86 x 35.56 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.