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Willie Cole's African Art
by Palindrome at 11:05 am EST, Nov 29, 2009

>Willie Cole’s art 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.

I saw some of his work the other day at the High museum. I found it very interesting because he uses found objects like shoes or irons to make art that mimics the patterns and color choices of tradtional african art.


 
 
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