Taryn Simon

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Taryn Simon


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in New York City, NY, The United States
February 04, 1975

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Taryn Simon’s practice features rigorous research and an extensive engagement with archives, which help the artist explore systems of power. Her subjects have included bloodlines, the structure of the criminal justice system, and flower arrangements from photographs of political signings. Simon explores these interests in taxonomic photographs, text works, sculptures, films, and performances that critique long-standing institutions and the ways art has supported them.

The Innocents (2002), for example, documents wrongful conviction cases in the United States and considers how photography and mistaken identification can undermine criminal justice efforts. For An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar (2007), Simon photographed traditiona
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An American Index of the Hi...

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The Innocents

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Contraband

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Taryn Simon: A Living Man D...

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Taryn Simon: Birds of the W...

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