{"id":70,"date":"2025-09-02T00:50:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T00:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/?p=70"},"modified":"2025-09-02T00:50:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T00:50:09","slug":"simpson-earth-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/2025\/09\/02\/simpson-earth-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"Simpson, Earth &amp; Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/09\/Lorna-Simpson-Earth-and-sky-exhibition-view-Courtesy-of-Hauser-and-Wirth-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/09\/Lorna-Simpson-Earth-and-sky-exhibition-view-Courtesy-of-Hauser-and-Wirth-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/09\/Lorna-Simpson-Earth-and-sky-exhibition-view-Courtesy-of-Hauser-and-Wirth-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/09\/Lorna-Simpson-Earth-and-sky-exhibition-view-Courtesy-of-Hauser-and-Wirth-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/09\/Lorna-Simpson-Earth-and-sky-exhibition-view-Courtesy-of-Hauser-and-Wirth-1-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/09\/Lorna-Simpson-Earth-and-sky-exhibition-view-Courtesy-of-Hauser-and-Wirth-1.jpg 1090w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"792\" src=\"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/09\/IMG_1212-1-1024x792.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/09\/IMG_1212-1-1024x792.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/09\/IMG_1212-1-300x232.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/09\/IMG_1212-1-768x594.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/09\/IMG_1212-1-1536x1188.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/09\/IMG_1212-1-2048x1584.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/09\/IMG_1212-1-1400x1083.jpeg 1400w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/09\/IMG_1212-1-600x464.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Lorna Simpson\u2019s piece <em>Earth &amp; Sky<\/em> (unknown fall) is an Afrofuturist artwork that pulls lines from an old geology textbook, referencing things like meteorites and natural forces. Her work ties into the room\u2019s themes of Black memory, history, and imagining new futures. Especially for Black communities whose stories have often been left out in the past. It\u2019s a subtle but powerful piece that connects science, history, and imagination to elaborate on Black excellence. It brings together history and the idea of what could be, which is what Afrofuturism is all about, mixing the past with dreams of the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hauser &amp; Wirth. \u201cLorna Simpson \u2013 Earth &amp; Sky.\u201d 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hauserwirth.com\/hauser-wirth-exhibitions\/lorna-simpson-earth-and-sky\/\">https:\/\/www.hauserwirth.com\/hauser-wirth-exhibitions\/lorna-simpson-earth-and-sky\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lorna Simpson\u2019s piece Earth &amp; Sky (unknown fall) is an Afrofuturist artwork that pulls lines from an old geology textbook, referencing things like meteorites and natural forces. Her work ties into the room\u2019s themes of Black memory, history, and imagining new futures. Especially for Black communities whose stories have often been left out in the&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/2025\/09\/02\/simpson-earth-sky\/#more-70\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":658,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","clear"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70\/revisions\/86"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}