The artwork, titled “Haze,” was created by artist Lorna Simpson in 1998. It is a part of the Postcolonial Art and Conceptual Art movements and is classified as a photo.
The artwork is a monochromatic photograph capturing an expansive urban landscape. The cityscape is shrouded in what appears to be a layer of smog or haze, which lends an ethereal and slightly obscured quality to the scene. Buildings of various architectural styles densely populate the composition, ranging from modern structures to older, weathered units. The photograph is mounted on what seems to be a segmented canvas, adding an element of fragmentation. Accompanying the central imagery are textual components on either side, potentially offering contextual or descriptive information, which is a hallmark of many conceptual artworks. The subdued tones and the sheer expanse of the urban environment evoke themes of urbanization, environmental impact, and the passage of time.
