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Born 1967 Chicago, Illinois. Known for: Large scale ceramic female busts with rosette heads.
"An Artist Ascendant: Simone Leigh Moves Into the Mainstream", By Robin Pogrebin and Hilarie M. Sheets, Exhibition Review, the High Line in Manhattan, Aug. 29, 2018, The New York Times by Robin... Read full biography
"An Artist Ascendant: Simone Leigh Moves Into the Mainstream", By Robin Pogrebin and Hilarie M. Sheets, Exhibition Review, the High Line in Manhattan, Aug. 29, 2018, The New York Times by Robin Pogrebin and Hilarie M. Sheets. The sculptures were hard to miss at the 2016 Art Show in the Park Avenue... Read full biography
"An Artist Ascendant: Simone Leigh Moves Into the Mainstream", By Robin Pogrebin and Hilarie M. Sheets, Exhibition Review, the High Line in Manhattan, Aug. 29, 2018, The New York Times by Robin Pogrebin and Hilarie M. Sheets. The sculptures were hard to miss at the 2016 Art Show in the Park Avenue Armory — an arresting line of ceramic female busts with rosette heads and raffia torsos, both majestic and ethereal, figural yet abstract. That may have been the moment when Simone Leigh, the... Read full biography
"An Artist Ascendant: Simone Leigh Moves Into the Mainstream", By Robin Pogrebin and Hilarie M. Sheets, Exhibition Review, the High Line in Manhattan, Aug. 29, 2018, The New York Times by Robin Pogrebin and Hilarie M. Sheets. The sculptures were hard to miss at the 2016 Art Show in the Park Avenue Armory — an arresting line of ceramic female busts with rosette heads and raffia torsos, both majestic and ethereal, figural yet abstract. That may have been the moment when Simone Leigh, the Chicago-born artist behind those sculptures, moved into the mainstream, since the busts quickly sold out — including to the prominent collector Glenn Fuhrman, making other buyers take notice. Ms. Leigh’s career has taken off since then. She moved from a... Read full biography
"An Artist Ascendant: Simone Leigh Moves Into the Mainstream", By Robin Pogrebin and Hilarie M. Sheets, Exhibition Review, the High Line in Manhattan, Aug. 29, 2018, The New York Times by Robin Pogrebin and Hilarie M. Sheets. The sculptures were hard to miss at the 2016 Art Show in the Park Avenue Armory — an arresting line of ceramic female busts with rosette heads and raffia torsos, both majestic and ethereal, figural yet abstract. That may have been the moment when Simone Leigh, the Chicago-born artist behind those sculptures, moved into the mainstream, since the busts quickly sold out — including to the prominent collector Glenn Fuhrman, making other buyers take notice. Ms. Leigh’s career has taken off since then. She moved from a modest gallery (Tilton) to a larger one (Luhring Augustine) and saw her work acquired by important mus... Read full biography
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"An Artist Ascendant: Simone Leigh Moves Into the Mainstream", By Robin Pogrebin and Hilarie M. Sheets, Exhibition Review, the High Line in Manhattan, Aug. 29, 2018, The New York Times by Robin Pogrebin and Hilarie M. Sheets
The sculptures were hard to miss at the 2016 Art Show in the Park Avenue Armory — an arresting line of ceramic female busts with rosette heads and raffia torsos, both majestic and ethereal, figural yet abstract.
That may have been the moment when Simone Leigh, the Chicago-born artist behind those sculptures, moved into the mainstream, since the busts quickly sold out — including to the prominent collector Glenn Fuhrman, making other buyers take notice.
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