User:Annalazzara2112/Rose B. Simpson/Bibliography

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Bibliography

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Bibliography

Edit this section to compile the bibliography for your Wikipedia assignment. Add the name and/or notes about what each source covers, then use the "Cite" button to generate the citation for that source.

^[1]Epp Buller, Rachel. Inappropriate Bodies: Art, Design, and Maternity. Bradford: Demeter Press, 2019.

Simpson’s work is featured in this book, specifically her sculptural installation Ground (2016). There is an essay by Alicia Harris which foregrounds Simpson’s work as an example of how materiality is used to communicate themes of maternity and kinship. I would like to synthesize this to include in the “artwork” section where I discuss the themes of her artwork and her goals. The author of this book (a scholarly publication), Rachel Epp Buller, is a feminist art historian and professor of art, so this book is within her expertise, making it a reputable source.

^[2]Joyce, Erin. “Rose B. Simpson’s Antidote to ‘Postcolonial Stress Disorder.’” Hyperallergic, March 24, 2024. https://hyperallergic.com/879425/rose-b-simpsons-antidote-to-postcolonial-stress-disorder/.

An interview with Rose B. Simpson is the central focus of this Hyperallergic article. The article features Simpson’s public art sculpture I would like to feature in the “selected works,” Counterculture (2022). I will use information about this site-specific sculpture to create a description of the work and where it was displayed for the public. Author Erin Joyce is a writer and curator of contemporary art, and this article (primary source) contains direct quotes from Simpson from an interview, making this a reliable source.

^[3]Kukielski, Tina. “Rose B. Simpson in ‘Everyday Icons.” 2023. Art21, 13:40. https://art21.org/watch/art-in-the-twenty-first-century/s11/rose-b-simpson-in-everyday-icons/

This video from Art21 provides an inside look at Simpson’s artistic process and the motivations behind her work. She discusses a number of her sculptures, including Maria (2014) which I would like to present in the article under “selected works.” It site-specific to the area she grew up in, Espanola. The video shows the car in action too, during one of her transformances, which I plan to discuss in the “artwork” section of the article. This video about Simpson's art, inspiration, and process (primary source) is a reliable source because it feature's Simpson's own words about her process and her art, and it is featured on a reputable site for information about contemporary art - Art21 (art in the 21st century).

^[4]Porter Swentzell and Yve Chavez. Lit: the work of Rose B. Simpson. Santa Fe: Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, 2019.

This exhibition catalogue was helpful in understanding Simpson’s body of work from a recent exhibition at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in Santa Fe, which is recorded in the Wikipedia article already. This source will be helpful in explaining Simpson’s goals in her work, and how her sculptures represent a different story of indigenous life compared to stereotypical Native American art. The catalogue also provides great descriptions of many artworks from the exhibition, which will be helpful to reference as I develop the “selected works” section. This exhibition catalog (scholarly museum publication that accompanied Simpson's exhibition there) is a reliable source because it emanates from the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, a reputable institution known for educating people about indigenous art.

Examples:

Luke, Learie. 2007. Identity and secession in the Caribbean: Tobago versus Trinidad, 1889–1980 Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press.
- This is a book published by a university press, so it should be a reliable source. It also covers the topic in some depth, so it's helpful in establishing notability.
Galeano, Gloria; Bernal, Rodrigo (2013-11-08). "Sabinaria , a new genus of palms (Cryosophileae, Coryphoideae, Arecaceae) from the Colombia-Panama border". Phytotaxa.
- This is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, so it should be a reliable source. It covers the topic in some depth, so it's helpful in establishing notability.
Baker, William J.; Dransfield, John (2016). "Beyond Genera Palmarum: progress and prospects in palm systematics". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.
- This is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, so it should be a reliable source for a specific fact. Since it only dedicates a few sentences to the topic, it can't be used to establish notability.

References

^ Epp Buller, Rachel (2019). Inappropriate Bodies: Art, Design, and Maternity. Demeter Press. pp. XXX.
^ Joyce, Erin (2024-03-24). "Rose B. Simpson's Antidote to "Postcolonial Stress Disorder"". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
^ "Rose B. Simpson in "Everyday Icons"". Art21. 2023. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
^ Swentzell, Porter; Chavez, Yve (2019). Lit: the work of Rose B. Simpson. Santa Fe: Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian. ISBN 978-0997310917.

Outline of proposed changes

Now that you have compiled a bibliography, it's time to plan out how you'll improve your assigned article.

In this section, write up a concise outline of how the sources you've identified will add relevant information to your chosen article. Be sure to discuss what content gap your additions tackle and how these additions will improve the article's quality.

Consider other changes you'll make to the article, including possible deletions of irrelevant, outdated, or incorrect information, restructuring of the article to improve its readability or any other change you plan on making. This is your chance to really think about how your proposed additions will improve your chosen article and to vet your sources even further.

Note: This is not a draft. This is an outline/plan where you can think about how the sources you've identified will fill in a content gap.

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In Rose B. Simpson’s existing Wikipedia article, there is enough information to get an idea of who she is and where her work has been or can be seen (current and past exhibitions). There are eight existing sections (each is short): Biography, education, artwork, exhibitions, collections, awards, personal life, and musical career.

Although the article extensively covers where her work has been shown, I believe it would be beneficial to have more information about the artwork itself. The section of the article titled “Artwork” is only one sentence, which is just not enough for an artist’s Wikipedia page! The existing sentence reads, “Simpson is a mixed-media artist, whose work artwork investigates the complex issues of past, present and future aspects of humanity's tenuous survival in our current ecological condition.” While this an adequate summary sentence, I think the article will benefit from having more information about her subject matter, the goals she tries to accomplish with her work, and a sentence or two about her performance art, which she calls “transformances.” I would also like to add a bit about her sculpting techniques, since she developed a unique was of assembling clay called “slap-slab.” This is her signature style, so it would be important to include it in the artwork section.

I would also like to add a section titled, “Selected works,” inspired by a section I saw on another artist’s Wikipedia. There, I would include two artworks that are representative of her overall work with short descriptions. I thought it was a good way to highlight a few works to encourage the reader to explore more of her work. For the artworks, I will probably select Maria (2014) and Counterculture (2022) since I have researched the most information about these works to create a substantive description.

[1] Epp Buller, Rachel (2019). Inappropriate Bodies: Art, Design, and Maternity. Demeter Press. pp. XXX.

[2] Joyce, Erin (2024-03-24). "Rose B. Simpson's Antidote to "Postcolonial Stress Disorder"". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2024-04-16.

[3] "Rose B. Simpson in "Everyday Icons"". Art21. 2023. Retrieved 2024-04-16.

[4] Swentzell, Porter; Chavez, Yve (2019). Lit: the work of Rose B. Simpson. Santa Fe: Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian. ISBN 978-0997310917.

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