Lonnie Holley | |
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 Lonnie Holley in Aarhus, Denmark (2014) | |
| Born | February 10, 1950 |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Folk art, experimental music |
| Notable work | Do We Think Too Much? I Don't Think We Can Ever Stop |
| Style | Found objects |
Lonnie Bradley Holley (born February 10, 1950), sometimes known as the Sand Man,[1][2] is an American artist, art educator, and musician. He is best known for his assemblages and immersive environments made of found materials. In 1981, after he brought a few of his sandstone carvings to then-Birmingham Museum of Art director Richard Murray, the latter helped to promote his work. In addition to solo exhibitions at the Birmingham Museum of Art and the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston, Holley has exhibited in group exhibitions with other Black artists from the American South at the Michael C. Carlos Museum and the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, the Studio Museum in Harlem, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Toledo Museum of Art, Pérez Art Museum Miami, NSU Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, de Young Museum in San Francisco, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham, England, and the Royal Academy of Arts in London, among other places.
Holley's work is included in the representation of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation.[3]
His albums are Just Before Music (2012), Keeping a Record of It (2013), MITH (2018), National Freedom (2020), Broken Mirror: A Selfie Reflection, a collaboration with Matthew E. White (2021), and Oh Me Oh My (2023).
- ^ "Lonnie Holley: Just Before Music". Dust Digital. Archived from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
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