I have always been a fan of Laurie Simmons work - I think some of my work has a similar aesthetic to hers. But I was surprised to come across this series entitled, Color Pictures, for various reasons. First, I had been thinking a lot about experimenting with miniature cut-outs of real people, as oppose to miniature hobby toys. I thought it would be interesting to see a small version of myself in a small scale setting, like a doll house, for instance. I was also surprised to see work by Simmons that touched on race. Each image is titled, Color Picture (Orange), Color Picture (Yellow), Color Picture (Black), and so on, refering both to the color of the room and to the person in each setting. The images are also extremely provacative and sexual. I don't know what this series is specifically about, I haven't found anything online that dicusses these images and there is nothing on her site either. I'm interesting in finding out what her intentions were for creating this body of work, and how it has been recieved by others.
I think generally it is not as visually interesting as her other works, because it is not as quirky or strange, and has less emphasis on the obscurity of size and scale that doll house things provide. The images from Color Pictures are more about the women portrayed in them, and their relationship to the color of the furniture and the walls. I do think this series is an interesting progression from her other works - it relates to her themes of feminitity, stereotypes, and false realities - but it seems to be more forward then her original doll images.