Minisode: Rose B. Simpson on Counterculture

06/05/23 • 7 min

“They are watching, they show us, they embody, they personify the inanimate that our modern culture often forgets is constantly witnessing us.” In this minisode Rose B. Simpson discusses Counterculture, five watchful figures on view on the Whitney's Floor 5 terrace. Minisode guest: Rose B. Simpson.

View these artworks and access the transcript of this conversation on the Whitney's audio guide: https://whitney.org/audio-guides/90

View these artworks and access the transcript of this conversation on the Whitney's audio guide: https://whitney.org/audio-guides/90

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Artists Among Us - Minisode: Rose B. Simpson on Counterculture

Transcript

Rose B. Simpson: My name is Rose B. Simpson, and I'm from Santa Clara Pueblo in Northern New Mexico, where I live and work on my ancestral homelands with my six-year-old daughter.

This iteration of Counterculture is five of the original twelve large-scale figurative pieces that are made to witness. They're made out of cast cement and they actually have handmade clay beads. And one of the most important features about these pieces is that they have eyes that are