Changing My Walk (Honoring Andrew Young)
Contemporary Realism
2003
91.0 x 43.0 cm
Souls Grown Deep
Lonnie Holley (1950 –)
Lonnie Holley is a self-taught American artist & musician crafting evocative assemblages from found materials. Explore themes of memory, resilience, and the Black experience through his unique art!
Souls Grown Deep (Atlanta, United States of America)
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This piece honors Andrew Young. The chair holds two shoes. A small, white shoe and a large, black shoe. The black shoe looks well-worn out, but the white shoe looks preserved. I put both shoes on the same level to show the equality we were searching for. Black, white, male, female, laborer, thinker—the shoe wearer will one day be equal in the eyes of humanity.
About this artwork
- Title: Changing My Walk (Honoring Andrew Young)
- Artist: Lonnie Holley
- Year: 2003
- Original dimensions: 91.0 x 43.0 cm
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Where to see it: Souls Grown Deep
- Creative period: Mature Period
- Color palette: Neutrals
- Keywords: lonnie bradley holley, african american art, vintage shoe art
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