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Willie Cole

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Willie Cole
human
Ein sex anaa gendermale Edit
Country wey e be citizenUnited States Edit
Name wey dem give amWillie Edit
Family nameCole Edit
Ein date of birth1955 Edit
Place dem born amNewark Edit
Languages edey speak, rep anaa signEnglish Edit
Ein occupationvisual artist, printmaker, installation artist Edit
Position eholdartist-in-residence Edit
Educate forSchool of Visual Arts Edit
ResidenceNew Jersey Edit
Floruit1989 Edit
Work period (start)1975 Edit
Work period (end)2019 Edit
Ethnic groupAfrican Americans Edit
Award e receiveJoan Mitchell Foundation Edit
Dema official websitehttp://www.williecole.com/ Edit
Copyright status as creatorworks protected by copyrights Edit
Artist files atSmithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library Edit

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

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Select solo shows

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  • 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
  • 2015, "Willie Cole," Mazmanian Gallery, Framingham State University, Framingham, MA
  • 2015, "Flawlessly Feminine: Women Who Graced the Cover and Works by Willie Cole," The Diggs Gallery, Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem, NC
  • 2015, "Willie Cole: Transformations," Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL[7]
  • 2013 - 2014, "Complex Conversations: Willie Cole Sculptures and Wall Works," Albertine Monroe-Brown Gallery, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI; Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC; The College of Wooster Art Museum, Ebert Art Center, Wooster, OH; Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA;[8] Houghton College, Houghton, NY
  • 2013 - 2014, "E Pluribus Unum," Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
  • 2013, "If wishes were horses...," Alexander and Bonin, New York, NY
  • 2013, "Willie Cole: Illuminations and Transformations," Schneider Museum of Art at Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR
  • 2013, "From Water to Light," Prospect Street Firestation Gallery, Newark, NJ
  • 2012, "Deep Impressions: Willie Cole Works on Paper and Sculpture," Rowan University Art Gallery, Glassboro, NJ
  • 2010 - 2011, "Deep Impressions: Willie Cole Works on Paper," The James Gallery, The City University of New York, New York, NY; Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN; Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL

Select group shows

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  • 2017, "Operation Chromebody," Highpoint Editions, Minneapolis
  • 2017, "Walker Street Summer," Alexander and Bonin, New York
  • 2015, "Surrealism: The Conjured Life," MCA Chicago, Chicago
  • 2012, "Afro: Black Identity in America and Brazil," Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque,[9]
  • 2011, "Reconfiguring an African Icon: Odes to the Mask by Modern and Contemporary Artists from Three Continents," The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY[10]

References

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  1. ↑ "Willie Cole at Alexander and Bonin – Art Viewer" (in American English). 2019-06-15. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
  2. ↑ "Willie Cole: Beauties". Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University (in English). Retrieved 2024-03-27.
  3. ↑ "Gallery Past Exhibitions | Hillier College of Architecture and Design". design.njit.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
  4. ↑ Dame, Marketing Communications: Web | University of Notre. "Making Everything Out of Anything: Prints, Drawings, and Sculptures by Willie Cole". Raclin Murphy Museum of Art (in English). Retrieved 2024-03-27.
  5. ↑ ""Willie Cole: On Site" At The David C. Driskell Center | The David C. Driskell Center". driskellcenter.umd.edu (in English). Retrieved 2024-03-27.
  6. ↑ "Willie Cole: On-Site". Arthur Ross Gallery (in American English). Retrieved 2024-03-27.
  7. ↑ Colunga, Armando. "Transformations - Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts". www.uab.edu (in American English). Retrieved 2024-03-27.
  8. ↑ "Complex Conversations: Willie Cole Sculptures and Wall Works". Grinnell College (in English). Retrieved 2024-03-27.
  9. ↑ "Willie Cole - 111 Artworks, Bio & Shows on Artsy".
  10. ↑ "Reconfiguring an African Icon". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
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