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Lonnie Holley

LONNIE HOLLEY

All Rendered Truth Camden Art Centre 5 July–15 September 2024 London
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A major exhibition of new and recent work by acclaimed artist and musician Lonnie Holley (b. 1950, Birmingham, Alabama). Over more than four decades, Holley’s practice has drawn on the iconography and cultural refuse of Americana; the poverty and abuse he suffered growing up in a still deeply divided American South; and his subsequent immersion in the civil rights movement. The exhibition includes new works in sculpture and painting, made during a recent production residency in the UK. Supported by Edel Assanti, Henry Moore Foundation, and the Lonnie Holley Exhibition Circle.

Lonnie Holley: All Rendered Truth Spotlight / Photolog Lonnie Holley: All Rendered Truth Lonnie Holley’s transformation of discarded objects reflects deep personal and historical narratives. Camden Art Centre hosts the American artist’s recent sculptures made during a U.K. residency, alongside previously unseen works produced at The Mahler and LeWitt Studios in Spoleto, Italy. Read the story
About the Artist

Since 1979, Lonnie Holley has devoted his life to the practice of improvisational creativity. His art and music, born out of struggle, hardship, but perhaps more importantly, out of furious curiosity and biological necessity, has manifested itself in drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, performance, music, and filmmaking. Holley’s sculptures are constructed from found materials in the oldest tradition of African American sculpture. Objects, already imbued with cultural and artistic metaphor, are combined into narrative sculptures that commemorate places, people, and events.

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About the Gallery

Camden Art Centre is a leading contemporary visual arts organisation in Hampstead, North London, housed in a Grade II-listed former public library at the corner of Arkwright Road and Finchley Road, NW3. Camden Art Centre was founded in 1965 as Hampstead Arts Centre, renamed Camden Arts Centre in 1967, and today is known for its programme of exhibitions, residencies, and art education. It has built an international reputation for connecting people to contemporary visual art through free exhibitions and public programmes.

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Camden Art Centre contemporary art institution in London
Camden Art Centre
Arkwright Road, London, United Kingdom
020 7472 5500
http://www.camdenartcentre.org

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