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Taryn Simon

1975⚠

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Taryn Simon

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

2026

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MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/41212
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About

Why this artist matters now

Taryn Simon creates large-format photographic series that investigate systems of power, secrecy, and institutional authority through archival research and visual documentation. Her work interrogates classified spaces, forensic protocols, and historical narratives, combining conceptual rigor with documentary methodology to expose the gap between official narratives and material reality.

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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artworks (10)

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Chapter IX, A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters

2011 · Inkjet prints

84 × 118 3/4" (213.4 × 301.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Chapter III, A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters

2011 · Inkjet prints

84 × 239 3/8" (213.4 × 608 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Chapter I, A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters

2011 · Inkjet prints

84 × 118 3/4" (213.4 × 301.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Chapter II, A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters

2011 · Inkjet prints

84 × 179 1/8" (213.4 × 455 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Chapter XI from "A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters I-XVIII"

2008 · Inkjet prints

Frame (Portrait Panel): 84 × 62 1/2 in. (213.4 × 158.8 cm) Frame (Annotation Panel): 84 × 10 1/2 in. (213.4 × 26.7 cm) Frame (Footnote Panel): 84 × 31 13/16 in. (213.4 × 80.8 cm) Installed Dimensions: 84 in. × 9 ft. 10 13/16 in. (213.4 × 301.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Cryopreservation Unit, Cryonics Institute, Clinton Township, Michigan

2004 · Chromogenic print

a. framed: 37 1/4 × 44 3/4 in. (94.6 × 113.7 cm) b. label: 6 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (16.5 × 11.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Larry Mayes. Scene of Arrest, The Royal Inn, Gary, Indiana. Police Found Mayes Hiding beneath a Mattress in this Room. Served 18.5 Years of an 80-Year Sentence for Rape, Robbery and Unlawful Deviate Conduct from the series The Innocents

2002 · Inkjet print, printed 2012

48 × 62" (121.9 × 157.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Larry Youngblood. Alibi Location, Tucson, Arizona. With Alice Laitner, Youngblood's Girlfriend and Alibi Witness at Trial. Served 8 years of a 10.5-Year Sentence for Sexual Assault, Kidnapping and Child Molestation from the series The Innocents

2002 · Inkjet print, printed 2012

48 × 62" (121.9 × 157.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Charles Irvin Fain. Scene of the Crime, the Snake River, Melba, Idaho. Served 18 Years of a Death Sentence for Murder, Rape and Kidnapping from the series The Innocents

2002 · Inkjet print, printed 2012

48 × 62" (121.9 × 157.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Calvin Washington. C&E Motel, Room no. 24, Waco, Texas. Where an Informant Claimed to Have Heard Washington Confess. Served 13 years of a Life Sentence for Murder from the series The Innocents

2002 · Inkjet print, printed 2012

48 × 62" (121.9 × 157.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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10 published of 18 catalogued · 12 with image

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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Christie's

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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Exhibition Taryn Simon

2026