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Simone Leigh

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Simone Leigh is an American contemporary sculptor primarily working with ceramics, bronze, and reclaimed materials to create monumental, figurative works that explore Black female experiences and ancestral narratives rooted in African diasporic traditions.

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What materials does Simone Leigh commonly use?

Simone Leigh is known for ceramic and bronze sculpture, along with installation, video, social practice, and collaborative performance. Her work often combines monumental bodies with materials and forms connected to Black diasporic histories.

What is Simone Leigh’s Brick House?

Brick House is a monumental bronze bust of a Black woman that was installed at New York’s High Line in 2019. The work became one of Leigh’s most recognizable public sculptures because of its scale and architectural lower section.

What was Simone Leigh’s project at the 2022 Venice Biennale?

Her United States Pavilion project was titled Loophole of Retreat and was presented at the 2022 Venice Biennale. It brought together sculpture, installation, scholarship, and themes centered on Black women’s intellectual and social lives.

Why do Simone Leigh’s sculptures draw on African diasporic traditions?

Leigh uses forms, materials, and references associated with African and diasporic histories to examine race, beauty, care, labor, and the representation of Black women. Her practice is not limited to portraiture, because the objects also engage with architecture, craft, and cultural memory.

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