Willie Cole
- Introduction
- Willie Cole (born 1955 in Newark, New Jersey) is a contemporary American sculptor, 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.
- Wikidata
- Q8021437
- Introduction
- Best known for his assemblage works made from or with ordinary domestic and used objects such as shoes, irons and ironing boards that reference African and African-American experience and traditional objects.
- Nationalities
- American, African American
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Assemblage Artist, Conceptual Artist, Graphic Artist, Installation Artist, Sculptor
- Name
- Willie Cole
- Ulan
- 500334448
Exhibitions
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Studio Visit: Selected Gifts from Agnes Gund
Apr 29–Jul 22, 2018
MoMA
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Repicturing the Past/Picturing the Present
Jun 13–Nov 5, 2007
MoMA
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Artists & Prints: Part 3
Jul 20–Sep 26, 2005
MoMA
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Open Ends
Sep 28, 2000–Mar 4, 2001
MoMA
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New Concepts in Printmaking 2: Willie Cole
Jun 9–Oct 13, 1998
MoMA
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Willie Cole has
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