December 20, 2008 until February 14, 2009 // Erna Hecey Gallery // Brussels, Belgium
Erna Hecey presents IN AND AROUND THE HOUSE, the first comprehensive survey of Laurie Simmons' early black and white photographs from 1976-78 at her Project Room in Brussels, Belgium. This seminal body of work put Simmons at the forefront of a new generation of artists, predominantly women, whose photographic works began a new dialogue in contemporary art. The use of set-up photography combined with the notion of child play - the images were shot in the rooms and before the facades of disassembled dollhouses - enabled Simmons to control perception and make reference to both general stereotypes and her own personal memories. As she arranged and rearranged the small vignettes, consisting of female dolls, dollhouse furnishings, miniature props and postcards, she was in her own words "... looking for the way your memory white-washes the image when you think about something from the past - making it far more perfect".
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