{"id":126142,"date":"2018-06-07T13:00:53","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T17:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=126142"},"modified":"2018-06-07T14:07:15","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T18:07:15","slug":"your-problems-have-one-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2018\/06\/07\/your-problems-have-one-answer\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Problems Have One Answer"},"content":{"rendered":"

These collages draw on found images of black women and men from vintage\u00a0<\/em>Ebony\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em>Jet\u00a0magazines. A selection is presented below, along with Simpson\u2019s selection of advertising phrases.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Lorna Simpson, A Friend<\/em>, 2012.<\/p><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

A SELECTION OF PHRASES CULLED FROM
\nTHE ADVERTISING THAT ORIGINALLY
\nACCOMPANIED MANY OF THE IMAGES
\nTHAT APPEAR WITHIN THE COLLAGES<\/p>\n

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Put on your Afro Pony-Tail and swish those superflies away!
\nBe the Huntress\u00a0\u00a0 Not for everywoman\u00a0\u00a0 Cool One\u00a0\u00a0 Freedom
\nAfro Puffs\u00a0\u00a0 Pepper and Salt\u00a0\u00a0 Face Framing Style
\nEvery woman should have the touch of the soft life at her finger tips
\nFrom a plain before to a beautiful after\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Pussy cat look\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Light as a feather
\nA girl should have nine lives too\u00a0 The Afro: keep it full, keep it classic
\nBraids of Heaven\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Boss Lady\u00a0 \u00a0Private Secretary \u00a0\u00a0Show Stopper \u00a0\u00a0Upkeep\u00a0\u00a0 Double Take
\nSuper Dutch Boy\u00a0\u00a0 Naturally difficult hair\u00a0 Don\u2019t kid yourself\u00a0\u00a0 Be Beautiful everyday
\nThe Duke Director\u00a0\u00a0 The Duke Swahilian \u00a0\u00a0The Duke Playboy\u00a0 The Duke Professional
\nThe Duke Maestro\u00a0\u00a0 The Duke Sportsman\u00a0 The Duke Junior Afro
\nThe Duke Globetrotter\u00a0\u00a0 The Duke Reporter
\nA beautiful head of hair is never an accident \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0day after day after wonderful day
\nAnyway you desire\u00a0\u00a0 Strong feelings about naturalness\u00a0\u00a0 Butter yourself up\u00a0\u00a0 Show It Like It Is
\nWhen we say long we mean long\u00a0 King Size\u00a0 It\u2019s an Art! It\u2019s a Mood! It\u2019s a Feeling!
\nOne Puff Two Puffs\u00a0\u00a0 You\u2019re the Judge\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As old as 900b.c. \u2013 200 a.d. and as Brand New as Today!
\nOff Black\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jet Black\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mixed Grey\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dark Brown\u00a0\u00a0 Semi Afro
\nSupreme Freedom\u00a0 Supreme beauty\u00a0\u00a0 where your hair begins
\nThe only thing inflated will be your ego\u00a0\u00a0 Change your mood\u00a0\u00a0 Have no fear\u00a0\u00a0 Anyway you
\nchoose\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Around-the-clock Loveliness\u00a0\u00a0 But don\u2019t tell\u00a0\u00a0 You can\u00a0\u00a0 Totally different
\nAdd a new twist to your charm and personality \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It took a Black company to come up with
\nGeorgia Brown \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Love Knot \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Society Queen \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Darling New You \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Afro\u00a0\u00a0 American Heavenly
\nBeauty\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Boy-Cut\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Curly Girly\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Dome of Curls \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Kiss Me Now\u00a0 \u00a0Instant beauty\u00a0\u00a0 Daisy Jones
\nStar Glow\u00a0\u00a0 Linda Linda Linda \u00a0\u00a0Afrialon\u00a0\u00a0 Kool-N-Light\u00a0\u00a0 Lioness
\nCorn-row Cutie \u00a0\u00a0Corn-row Darling\u00a0 Free and Easy\u00a0 Libert\u00e9\u00a0\u00a0 Flirt\u00a0 You\u2019re today\u2019s modern black
\nwoman- on the go\u00a0\u00a0 Love Nest\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Sophisticate\u00a0 The Matinee\u00a0 Bell Boogie\u00a0 The Swish
\nRhythm Tempo\u00a0 Top Yourself Off\u00a0\u00a0 Feel Lovely\u00a0\u00a0 Right On\u00a0\u00a0 Harlem Classic
\nNubian Queen\u00a0\u00a0 Mellowone
\nBlack Huntress\u00a0 Be the Huntress\u00a0\u00a0 From nine to five they will know you are alive
\nFor your evening appointments too
\nTake charge
\nSteal the scene\u00a0\u00a0 Simplicity is the keynote\u00a0 For the woman on the go
\nWhat are you doing tonight\u00a0\u00a0 Keep em watching\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Watch yourself\u00a0\u00a0 Jumbo Afro
\nColonial Cascade \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0China Doll\u00a0\u00a0 Boy\u2019s Cut\u00a0\u00a0 Flowing Beauty\u00a0 Brown Skin Beauty Afro
\nIt\u2019s about time isn\u2019t it\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s been a long time in coming, but it\u2019s finally here
\nyour problems have one answer\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019m glad you asked that question
\nFrom Campus Queen to Hollywood Star\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Black Pearl\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Before and After
\nwe specialize in rich darker shades\u00a0\u00a0 you can have it anyway you want it
\nSo easy now\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Great beginning for something beautiful\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A little goes a long way
\nWhy shouldn\u2019t you\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Anytime is the right time\u00a0\u00a0 Flawless\u00a0\u00a0 Exact Match
\nReveal the beauty that you conceal\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>

Lorna Simpson, Earth & Sky #6<\/em>, 2016.<\/p><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Lorna Simpson, Earth & Sky #17<\/em>, 2016.<\/p><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Lorna Simpson, Jet #15, \u201960<\/em>, 2012.<\/p><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Lorna Simpson, Jet Nurse<\/em>, 2012.<\/p><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Lorna Simpson, Jet Past<\/em>, 2012.<\/p><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Lorna Simpson, Man in Yellow<\/em>, 2011.<\/p><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Lorna Simpson, The New<\/em>, 2017.<\/p><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Lorna Simpson, Ultraviolet 2<\/em>, 2015.<\/p><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Lorna Simpson, Unbroken<\/em>, 2017.<\/p><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Lorna Simpson is a renowned American artist whose work challenges conventional views of gender, memory, and representation. Her work has been exhibited at museums and galleries around the world.<\/em><\/p>\n

Excerpted from\u00a0<\/em>Lorna Simpson Collages<\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0published by Chronicle Books. Copyright \u00a9 2018.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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