1. Home ›
  2. Explore ›
  3. Exhibitions

Making Everything Out of Anything: Prints, Drawings, and Sculptures by Willie Cole

Aug 20, 2017 - Nov 26, 2017 | Snite Museum of Art

2017 009 001 V0006 2
Screen Shot 2017 04 26 At 8
Willie Cole, American, b. 1955, Shoonufu Female Figure, 2013, painted bronze, 25 x 9.5 x 13 inches, Acquired with Funds Provided by the Humana Foundation for American Art. 2017.009.001

O’Shaughnessy Galleries II and III
August 20 through November 26, 2017

 

This exhibition will focus on a major theme of American artist Willie Cole: his extraordinarily creative repurposing of everyday objects such as steam irons, ironing boards, hair dryers, bicycle parts, and women’s shoes to create artworks that comment on diverse subjects such as African art, cultural identity, gender, and sexuality.

Videos