Artist Gary Simmons Manipulates Materials and Memories
![<p "="">Artist Gary Simmons uses his fists to smudge the wet paint of white letters on a black wall.](https://media.sva.edu/image/upload/c_scale,f_auto,dpr_auto,q_auto,w_768/multimediaBlock/0e30e1363a7ffc5c3f31708acd4336655faf5fe9-1595498270.png)
Gary Simmons works on "Fade to Black," his 2017 – 2018 installation at the California African American Museum in Los Angeles. Photo: Tito Molina/ HRDWRKER. Courtesy Regen Projects, Los Angeles.