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Additional Artworks

From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Top Cat, 2001-2002 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Top Cat, 2001-2002, 2002

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  2. WOW, Butiful, 02 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    WOW, Butiful, 02, 2002

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  3. WOW, Butiful, 02 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    WOW, Butiful, 02, 2002

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  4. The Road to Less Talken, 2001 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    The Road to Less Talken, 2001, 2001

    Ink on paper

    12 x 9 in (30.48 x 22.86 cm)

  5. Time Yur Not My Friend, 2000 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Time Yur Not My Friend, 2000, 2000

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.25 in (27.94 x 20.96 cm)

  6. Wagon Whell Motel by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Wagon Whell Motel

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

  7. Tom Cruise, 2001-2002 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Tom Cruise, 2001-2002, 2001-2002

    Pemcil and ink on paper

    11 x 9 in (27.94 x 22.86 cm)

  8. Wayne Meweton, 2002/3 by Gene Merritt, Image 1.

    Gene Merritt

    Wayne Meweton, 2002/3

    Ink on paper

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 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.