Black & White

The exhibition "Laurie Simmons: Black & White" at Almine Rech Paris, Matignon features works spanning Simmons' career, beginning with her 1976 photographs inspired by Gordon Matta-Clark's architectural interventions. These early works utilize a 1950s tin dollhouse, staged with miniature furniture and wallpaper, photographed through its cutaway back. The exhibition includes examples like "Sink/Ivy/Wallpaper" and "Woman Listening to Radio," which explore scale disparity and the representation of domesticity.

Newer works include "Autofiction" paintings and a video, created in collaboration with AI, which revisit Simmons' past personas with a black and white palette and 1950s fashions, incorporating AI glitches. The show also presents "Deep Photos" wall reliefs, derived from original Barbie Dream Houses repainted in grayscale, and a sculpture of a black and white frosted cake, referencing her ongoing exploration of "fiction of interiority" and the lived experience of gender.