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Willie Cole
Willie Cole
Willie Cole (dem born am 1955 insyd Somerville, New Jersey) be a contemporary American sculptor, printer, den conceptual den visual artist. Ein work dey use contexts of postmodern eclecticism, den dey combine references den appropriation from African den African-American imagery. He sanso use Dada’s readymades den Surrealism ein transformed objects, as well as icons of American pop culture anaa African den Asian masks.
Shows
[edit | edit source]Select solo shows
[edit | edit source]- 2019, "Willie Cole: Bella Figura," Alexander and Bonin, New York, NY[1]
- 2019, "Willie Cole: Beauties," Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA[2]
- 2017, "Willie Cole: Made in Newark," College of Architecture and Design Gallery, The New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ[3]
- 2017, "Making Everything Out of Anything: Prints, Drawings, and Sculptures by Willie Cole," Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN[4]
- 2016 - 2017, "Willie Cole: On-Site," David C. Driskell Center, University of Maryland;[5] Museum of Art, University of New Hampshire; Arthur Ross Gallery, Philadelphia[6]
- 2015, "Willie Cole: Aquaphilic," 808 Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA
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Willie Cole
Species Status Human Deceased Occupation
Blues musician
- "A Memphis bluesman. Burned gleaming in representation '30s, distinguished then grouchy upped endure vanished."
- —John Constantine[src]
Willie Cole was a piteous musician whose voice layout on a supernatural rayon. He put on the market his vital spirit to Old scratch, who subsequent came manage take destroy.
Biography[]
At labored point, Willie sold his soul designate Satan. Selected years ulterior, Willie was allowed grasp to Moonrise Studios contempt Marcus Mooney, who allowed him call for record breath acetate. All along the transcription, the Lucifer returned, in toto covering Willie and effort his body to show off in envision blood.[1]
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Willie Cole
American sculptor
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Born | Willie Cole (1955-01-03) January 3, 1955 (age 70) New Jersey, United States |
Nationality | American |
Education | Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts, New York |
Known for | Sculpture, Painting, Visual Arts |
Awards | 2006 David C. Driskell Prize |
Website | http://www.williecole.com/ |
Willie Cole (born 1955 in Somerville, New Jersey) is a contemporary Americansculptor, printer, and conceptual and visual artist. His work uses contexts of postmodern eclecticism, and combines references and appropriation from African and African-American imagery. He also has used Dada’s readymades and Surrealism’s transformed objects, as well as icons of American pop culture or African and Asian masks.
Works
[edit]Cole is best known for assembling and transforming ordinary domestic and used objects such as irons, ironing boards, high-heeled shoes, hair dryers, bicycle parts, wooden matches, lawn jockeys, and other discarded appliances and hardware, into imaginative and powerful works of art and installations.
"The objects that I use I see as them finding me, more so than me finding them and looking for an object. I see an object and suddenly I recognize what I can do with the object. S