Lorna Simpson's Temporal Regimes at Punta della Dogana

Lorna Simpson's exhibition 'Third Person' at Punta della Dogana in Venice challenges conventional frameworks of identity, race, gender, memory, and representation by presenting a decrystallized temporality where the subject collapses. The installation dislocates the visual axis, requiring lateral reading without climax. The series 'Ice' (2019) uses polar expedition photographs to create an archive that resists narrative and iconography, while a 2024 frontal portrait on canvas destabilizes recognition. The exhibition spans two rooms: the first features incompatible viewing orders between 'Ice' and the portrait, the second isolates painting as singular units. Simpson's practice across conceptual photography, painting, collage, and installation over thirty years operates within a plural, non-synchronizable temporality. Critics Huey Copeland and Tina Campt inform the analysis of visibility and power. The show runs in 2026 at Punta della Dogana, part of the Pinault Collection.