Mary Sims

A painter and printmaker, Sims (1940-2004) was an exceptional colourist whose meticulously constructed compositions are at once both whimsical and off-beat, displaying an idiosyncratic viewpoint and sly sense of humour.

This volume spans her entire career, from her elegant intaglio prints made in the late 1950s, through spare, optically flat portraits of isolated figures on monochrome backgrounds from the 1960s and 70s, monumental religious paintings that draw on Old Testament stories and mythology to riotous, maximalist still lifes from the 1980s and 90s.

Featuring approximately 65 works, this publication also includes an illustrated biographical essay by art historian Marina Pacini and a checklist of the accompanying exhibition.

Author Biography

Marina Pacini is an independent curator and author from Memphis, who retired from the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art in November of 2019 after eighteen years as chief curator and curator of American, Modern, and Contemporary art.