Artist

Willie Cole

Portrait of Willie Cole

American, b. 1955

Willie Cole is an American artist. 6 works are cataloged here, principally at Museum of Modern Art. Willie Cole was born in Newark.

Willie Cole is a contemporary American sculptor, printer, and conceptual and visual artist. His work uses contexts of postmodern eclecticism, and combines references and appropriation from African and African-American imagery. He also has used Dada's readymades and Surrealism’s transformed objects, as well as icons of American pop culture or African and Asian masks.

Collections represented

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