Object Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2021.005.007 |
Object Name |
Sculpture |
Description |
"Face" is a sculpture by Lonnie Holley made of wire shaped to create the contour lines of face profiles. The outermost profile is shaped with multiple black twisted wires. Within this outer structure lies a gray wire entwining the upper portions of the head suggestive of hair. A singular wire is shaped to form a smaller profile within the larger one. Lonnie Holley (b. 1950) is an Alabamian artist, musician, and filmmaker. Holley is known for creating assemblages from cast off objects, depicting Black life with inventive reimaginings of materials in the tradition of Noah Purifoy, Bessie Harvey, and Betye Saar. This Holley piece was collected personally by Sammie L. Nicely. |
Date |
c. 1990s |
Artist |
Lonnie Holley |
Collection |
Sammie L. Nicely Collection |
Title |
Face |
Place of Origin |
USA |
Material |
metal wire |
Subjects |
American Art |