Lorna Simpson: Exploring Identity Politics through Art

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Lorna Simpson is an African American artist who is representing her thinking and
experience in photographs, videos and collages (Lawlor, 2018). She is a multi media artist and
showing experience as a black women in art piece. Lorna Simpson is well known for exploring
ideas or themes that is related to identity politics that is completely focusing on the black or gay
people. She has represented the issues of black person though he art work. As per her photograph
or videos she is symbolize different problems that is faced by black person who are marginalised
in the society (Elder, 2018). Lorna Simpson key artworks Enumerated, unanswerable, ice and
five Day forecast. This report includes historical as well as conceptual background about the
topic. Historical, artistic as well as conceptual context has been analysed in order to identity
those people. Apart from this discussion of the topic has been analysed in order support thesis.
(Altbach, 2016)
There are lots of issues and problem faced by people due to race, colour and background.
Racism and discrimination have huge impact over individual life. Discrimination involve all
those issue that occur due difference in skin colour and gender. This will lead to have impact
over the living standards. Discrimination includes all unfair as well as ethical practices
conducted by society towards back people (Li, 2019). Lorna Simpson is an artist who is creating
power art work for challenging and questing narrow society idea towards women, race and
culture. The discrimination is being caused due to many factors some of them make the life of
some people very miserable and they face exploitation in every life domain. Racial and cultural
differences among the people has been considered as one of the major element in promoting
discrimination. The racial discrimination is against the people on the basis of the skin colour,
their background, ethnic origin and racial (Kwansah-Aidoo and Mapedzahama, 2018). The ill
treatment of white people towards black people is being observed from past few decades which
make such community more backwards and under privileged. People belonging to different
culture and those who are gays are also getting adversely affected by the discrimination of
society. Now a days government bodies and agencies have made many acts and rules which are
in the favour of such exploited community, they help in bringing such community above the
boundary line and making them realise their self worth and importance in the society (Udah and
Singh, 2018). If still the level of exploitation is increasing then the people have to take a stand

for themselves and must fight for their rights. They should learn how to use the formed act and
policies in their favour and must reach out to high government agencies and high authorities to
solve their issues.
There are different rules and laws developed by government and political party regarding
race and colour discriminations. There are lots of changes occur in the behaviour as well as
thinking of people and society. In current environment various changes has been which is for
providing equality as well as respect to individual irrespective to their society (Kamiran and
et.al., 2018). Lorna Simpson is representing the dark side of her experience she has faced due to
race and colour discrimination. In spite she is one of the well known artist who have all freedom
as well as power to express her thoughts to the world. She can be considered as a great example
which is representing the changes in society as well as perception of person (Lawlor, 2018). In
today’s world different fields and organisation are providing equal opportunity black person and
gay. There is no discrimination between black and white people in fashion or entertainment
industry as there are various model or entertainer of black skin and gay. Diversity and equality
has played critical role in growth and development of society. Behaviour of people in changing
very fast which lead to reduce discrimination and other issues faced by black and gay people.
This change has lead to positive impact over people as well as provide health and better life style
(Onsando and Billett, 2017). Lorna Simpson is only repenting the darker of negative side in
order to show the issues faced by her and black people in society. She has exaggerated this issues
as she herself is example of freedom. Due to changes or reduction of discrimination, society as
well as it people has accepted or loved Lorna Simpson and her art work.
There are some artworks of Lorna Simpson which can represent her ideas as well as
thought. These images will help in explain her experience and name list of her photography is
five Day forecast, Enumerated, ice and unanswerable. (Rowan, 2017)