Originally published in EAST VILLAGE EYE December/January, 1986 SURROGATES & STEREOTYPES ALLAN McCOLLUM AND LAURIE SIMMONS, UNDER THE RUBRIC OF POST-MODERNISM The idea of the substitute operates in the work of both artists. McCollum is best known for his surrogates - plaster entities that reiterate the formal elements which trigger our recognition of given objects as paintings - image, mat, ...

LAURIE SIMMONS Tom Sachs Sick Nails and Ground Communications and Laurie Simmons Talking Purse will be sold at Phillips Fall Contemporary Auction, Monday, November 12and 13. For information ahovanessian@phillipsny.com Talking Purse, 1987, cibachrome print, 63 1/4 X 40 inches (framed) 2 of 5 Kleidoscope House #13, Coloro photograph, 16 X 24 ...