
Chicago-based artist Diane Simpson’s (b. 1935, Joliet, Illinois) elegantly constructed sculptures evolve from a diverse range of materials, clothing, and architectural sources. While elements of her creations appear to effortlessly hang and fold, they are in fact the result of a rigorous approach to construction techniques, reveling in passages of pattern, joinery, and skewed angles that are by turns humorous and psychologically-charged. This concise survey of over 30 years of work will include a suite of preparatory drawings and sculptural work made from the early 1980s to the present in materials ranging from corrugated cardboard and medium-density fiberboard to aluminum, wool, polyester, poplar, faux fur, fleece, mahogany, brass, copper, and steel. This will be the artist’s first solo museum exhibition on the East Coast.

corrugated archival board, colored pencil, and crayon
84 x 60 x 44 in
213.5 x 152.5 x 112 cm

brass tube, waxed linen thread, fabric
66 x 21.5 x 18 in
167.5 x 54.5 x 45.5 cm

brass tube, waxed linen thread, fabric
66 x 21.5 x 18 in
167.5 x 54.5 x 45.5 cm


MDF, enamel
59.5 x 61 x 31 in
151 x 155 x 78.5 cm


cotton mesh, painted aluminum,found trunk hanger, found embroidery hoop
30 x 23 x 8 in
76 x 58.5 x 20.5 cm


oil stain, MDF, linen, nylon, and plastic
93.5 x 38.5 x 20 in
237.5 x 96.5 x 51 cm

spunbound polyester, poplar, cotton webbing
47 x 50 x 7 in
119.5 x 127 x 18 cm

spunbound polyester, poplar, cotton webbing
47 x 50 x 7 in
119.5 x 127 x 18 cm


faux fur, fleece, and mahogany
49 x 28 x 13 in
124.5 x 71 x 33 cm

copper, linoleum, steel base, wood, and enamel
56 x 22 x 14 in
142 x 56 x 35.5 cm

enamel on aluminum and linen with vinyl mesh
69 x 20 x 11.5 in
175 x 51 x 29 cm


enamel, steel, wool, birch, and pine
12 x 30 x 11 in
30.5 x 76 x 28 cm