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Curator Chrissie Iles in Conversation with Laurie Simmons

Whitney Museum of American Art
2010
Chrissie Iles

August 9, 2010

In this video, Anne & Joel Ehrenkranz Curator Chrissie Iles speaks with artist Laurie Simmons about her work, "Walking Camera II (Jimmy the Camera)" from 1987, on view in "Off The Wall: Part 1—Thirty Performative Actions." The artist explains the inspiration behind the work and how it functions as a portrait of her close friend Jimmy DeSana.