meet the artist: Gary Simmons

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New York-based artist Gary Simmons has been making "erasure" drawings since the early 1990s, when his studio occupied a former school. Simmons discusses his trademark process of using chalk on prepared panels that mimic school-room chalkboards. In the Hirshhorn's Blackboard (Triple-Eyed Maestro), 1993, the artist confronts the racial stereotypes that are still prevalent in today's popular culture. Meet the Artist is made possible by the Steven and Heather Mnuchin Foundation. Additional funding is provided by Henry Thaggert.

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