Rose B Simpson

The Great Women Artists

Katy Hessel

Arts

4.8 • 877 Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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I am so excited to say that my guest on the GWA podcast is one of the most exciting artists working in the world right now, Rose B Simpson. An artist working across mediums that span from sculpture to performance, painting and ceramics, Simpson is hailed for her life size clay figures which she adorns with a plethora of symbols, extended antennas and materials – from steel, beads, leather, and wood... She challenges the nature of sculpture in ways, as she has said, that “can transform my own reality”, and her figures appear to be imbued with spirituality. They have titles like Genesis, Guides, Heights and Vital Organ – accentuating the importance of the body and rituals. Simpson was born, and lives and works, in Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico, and grew up in a multigenerational, matrilineal lineage of artists working in clay, including her mother, whose work is grounded in Pueblo traditions. Her practice is informed by Indigenous tradition, as she has said: “The work represents my own journey, whether it is a psychological investigation or a new spiritual awareness, or practical…” A recipient of a BFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts, an MFA in Ceramics from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2011, and another MFA in Creative Non-Fiction from the Institute of American Indian Arts in 2018, storytelling, history and making seems to be at the centre of her practice – something she has expanded on further with her artwork Maria – a black-on-black Lowrider 985 Chevrolet El Camino and artwork and named in honour of Native American artist Maria Martinez, which sits at the heart of her community in Espanola Valley – and I can’t wait to find out more! LINKS: https://www.rosebsimpson.com/works https://jackshainman.com/artists/rose-b-simpson https://art21.org/artist/rose-b-simpson/ https://jessicasilvermangallery.com/rose-b-simpson/selected-works/ https://www.icaboston.org/exhibitions/rose-b-simpson-legacies/ -- THIS EPISODE IS GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY THE LEVETT COLLECTION: https://www.famm.com/en/ https://www.instagram.com/famm.mougins // https://www.merrellpublishers.com/9781858947037 Follow us: Katy Hessel: @thegreatwomenartists / @katy.hessel Sound editing by Nada Smiljanic Music by Ben Wetherfield

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0:00.0	Welcome back to series 11 of the Great Women Artists podcast.
0:05.5	It's great to have you back and do we have an exciting series for you?
0:09.4	But just before we get to this, I am so excited to say that this series is supported by the Levitt Collection,
0:15.7	a vast and varied art collection of which a major portion is dedicated to works by women artists.
0:21.8	Christian Levitt's support for women in the arts is such that after publishing the major book
0:26.4	Abstract Expressionists, The Women in 2023, he will soon be opening the first private museum
0:32.7	in Europe, entirely dedicated to female artists on the 21st of June, 2004, in Mugin near Cannes in
0:41.1	the south of France. FAM, standing for female artists of the Mujan Museum, will unveil to
0:47.4	the public over 100 works created by more than 80 female artists from around the world. The museum
0:53.9	will exhibit a breathtaking array of incredible artworks from the Leveck Collection,
0:58.2	including paintings, sculptures and photographs by top women artists who have marked the major
1:03.3	artistic movements from the 19th century to the present day.
1:07.0	Opening on the 21st of June, tickets are now on sale at www.famm.com.
1:14.4	And in the meantime, stay tuned at at FAM underscore Mujam.
1:19.0	I hope you enjoy this episode.
1:25.4	Hello everyone and welcome to the Great Women Artist podcast with me, Katie Hessel.
1:31.8	Some of you might know me from The Great Women Artists, an Instagram account I set up in October 2015,
1:37.3	which celebrates female artists on a daily basis, ranging from young graduates to old masters.
1:43.4	Well, in a similar fashion to the Instagram,
1:46.1	this podcast is all about celebrating female artists from a variety of backgrounds and histories.
1:51.9	And I am so excited to be interviewing artists on their career or artists, writers, curators,
1:57.4	or general art lovers on the women artist who means most of them.
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