Simone Leigh (right) — the 2021 International Artist Honoree who incorporates an ongoing exploration of black female subjectivity into her sculpture, video and installation work — was interviewed Thursday at Anderson Ranch by author Saidiya Hartman. Leigh will represent the United States at the next Venice Biennale in April 2022. (Lynn Goldsmith / Special to The Aspen Times)
Sculptor Simone Leigh will represent the U.S. next year at the 2022 Venice Biennale, the first Black woman to be selected to show on behalf of the country at the prestigious pavilion exhibition.
Leigh on Thursday told a full house at Schermer Meeting Hall at Anderson Ranch Arts Center that she recently finished clay models for some bronze works she’s planning to show at the much anticipated Venice show — postponed a year due to the coronavirus pandemic — while attempting to balance the ups and downs of the past year.