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Lorna Simpson is an American artist who became well known in the 1980s for exploring "identity politics" in her work; she has made her imprint as an influential collage artist and conceptual photographer, creating her art through
combining meaningful words and photographs, and has many of her works on display in galleries.

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"I focus on details, either of the body, or of objects that represent gender, sexuality, and other themes." ~ Lorna Simpson

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Lorna Simpson
Photo Booth, 2008
Tate

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This piece of Simpson's consists of five framed black and white photographs depicting the image of a black woman's torso in loose fitting white clothing. She stands with her arms folded across her chest, appearing guarded and/or obstinate. Subtle changes in the subject's posture suggest a series of time-lapse photos were taken to exhibit the figure shifting slightly in each photo. Five black plaques are placed above the photos, labeling the days of the week; and ten black plaques are placed beneath with various words beginning with the prefix "Mis".

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Lorna is well known for her tendency to challenge conventional ideas centered around women, culture and race in her artwork.

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"I would start to interject these things that the photograph would not speak of and that I felt needed to be revealed, but that couldn't be revealed from just looking at an image." ~ Lorna Simpson

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Lorna Simpson uses words and photographs as a way to express her identity; but she leaves the interpretation up to her viewers.

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The title of the piece suggests that it is a "forecast" of some sort, or to put it simply, a diary. The similarity of the poses in each photo depicts the drudgery of repetition that is continued every day. Mentioned above, the ten plaques beneath the photos, all beginning with the prefix "Mis", with their negative implications, suggest a jam in communication.

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Lorna Simpson
Five Day Forecast, 1991
Tate

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Lorna Simpson
Incalculable, 2014

Collage and ink on paper - 29 1/2 x 21 5/8 in (74.9 x 54.9 cm)

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Lorna Simpson
Black Music Poll, 2016

Collage on paper - 29 1/2 x 21 5/8 in (74.9 x 54.9 cm)

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"The only thing I can hope the viewer will get from the work is something about the structure of the work. It would be asking too much, I think, for them to get my exact intention. But if—through the construct of language, the way things are juxtaposed—there is some sort of disruption of the way you would normally go about reaching photographic images... if that is happening, that’s fine." ~ Lorna Simpson