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Welcoming Willie Little

Past exhibition
16 January - 24 February 2018
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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Willie Little, Dixie (fied) Lady Liberty, 2017
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Willie Little, Lady Liberty of the Confederacy, 2017
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Willie Little, Penny Candy, 2003
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Willie Little, Rations, 2003
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Willie Little, Birthright, 2000
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Willie Little, Given, 2000
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Willie Little, God, 2000
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  • Willie Little, Dixie (fied) Lady Liberty, 2017
  • Willie Little, Lady Liberty of the Confederacy, 2017
  • Willie Little, Penny Candy, 2003
  • Willie Little, Rations, 2003
  • Willie Little, Birthright, 2000
  • Willie Little, Given, 2000
  • Willie Little, God, 2000
Willie Little, Dixie (fied) Lady Liberty, 2017
  • Willie Little, Dixie (fied) Lady Liberty, 2017
  • Willie Little, Lady Liberty of the Confederacy, 2017
  • Willie Little, Penny Candy, 2003
  • Willie Little, Rations, 2003
  • Willie Little, Birthright, 2000
  • Willie Little, Given, 2000
  • Willie Little, God, 2000

Please join us for an exhibition tour and discussion with Willie Little at Froelick Gallery on Saturday, Februrary 3rd at 11am.

Froelick Gallery is pleased to welcome Willie Little for his first exhibition with us. An artist and storyteller originally from rural North Carolina, he draws upon his early experiences observing the comings and goings at his parent's tarpaper and tin roof store, which served as a hub for the local African-American community as both a grocery and as an after-hours juke joint, a place for dancing and social gathering. His sculptural assemblages include scaled-down versions of this structure, made of wood, metal and roofing shingles. Little paints brief sentences on these- a passage about the daytime business of selling candy and provisions on one plane juxtaposed with a mention of the nightlife with it's dixie cup gin and romantic possibilities on the other. Some other works incorporate vintage racial stereotype objects such as pickaninny dolls that he embellishes, reclaims and redefines beyond their original harmful and hateful intent. With compelling craftsmanship and a humorous edge, Little fuses pointed critique of America's past and present dilemmas with affection for and inquiry in to his

own personal history.

 

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