Anxious objects
Subtitle: Willie Cole's favorite brands
By: Patterson Sims ; interview with the artist by Leslie King-Hammond ; commentary by Lowery Stokes Sims.
Publisher: Montclair Art Museum
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Montclair, NJ
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 117
ISBN-13: 9780813538631
Description: "This publication accompanies the first survey of Willie Cole's work from the late 1980s to the present. Cole was born and raised in New Jersey and has resided in the state his entire life. The exhibition and catalogue focus on Cole's mixed media sculptural works made from salvaged irons, blow dryers, ironing boards, high-heeled shoes, lawn jockeys, and bicycle parts; paintings and drawings made of iron scorch marks, and prints. Cole's consumer and domestic objects assume the appearance of objects from another time, culture, or place, transformed into powerful cultural and spiritual evocations referencing African and global culture. His art is solidly based in studious appreciation rather than humorous imitation or ironic appropriation." "The exhibition was organized by Patterson Sims. In this catalogue, Sims offers a broad introduction to Cole and detailed descriptions of the works included in the show. The text traces Cole's thinking, process, and evolution and the influence of his life-long residency in New Jersey. This catalogue also includes an insightful interview between the artist and Leslie King-Hammond, Dean of Graduate Studies, Maryland Institute College of Art; a short essay by Lowery Stokes Sims, President of the Studio Museum in Harlem, related to Cole's pivotal 1988-89 artist residency there; and an extensive chronology and professional history of the artist."--BOOK JACKET.
Table of contents: label: Foreword and Acknowledgments
title: Patterson Sims
pagenum: 7; label: A Personal and Artistic Chronology
title: Willie Cole and Patterson Sims
pagenum: 10; label: Introduction
title: Patterson Sims
pagenum: 15; label: Works in the Exhibition
title: Patterson Sims
pagenum: 28; label: Talking Through the Mind Fields: A Conversation with Willie Cole
title: Leslie King-Hammond
pagenum: 89; label: The Artist, A Residency, The Museum: Willie Cole at The Studio Museum in Harlem
title: Lowery Stokes Sims
pagenum: 100; label: Professional History
pagenum: 102; label: Checklist
pagenum: 116