
Walking Purse
Laurie Simmons' 'Walking Purse' is a gelatin silver print featuring the artist's characteristic blend of staged photography and conceptual art. The work is face-mounted to Plexiglas, emphasizing its object-like quality.
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print, face-mounted to Plexiglas.
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
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Photographs
November 2, 2017
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Artists in conversation

Cindy Sherman
American · b. 1954

Sherman similarly uses staged gelatin silver photography to construct conceptual feminist narratives, placing objects and costumed personas within carefully composed scenes that interrogate female identity and consumer culture, directly paralleling Simmons' object based approach.

Barbara Kruger
American · b. 1945

Kruger shares Simmons' commitment to feminist conceptual art that critiques commodity culture and the objectification of women, using photographic imagery and bold visual language to challenge viewers' assumptions about gender and consumerism.

Sandy Skoglund
American · b. 1946

Skoglund constructs elaborate staged photography scenes that treat everyday objects as conceptual and surreal elements, sharing Simmons' technique of elevating mundane consumer objects into fine art prints that carry psychological and cultural weight.
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