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The Way We Was
1990
carved and painted wood, metal locks, and hinges
Herbert Singleton
born New Orleans, LA 1945--died New Orleans, LA 2007
Herbert Singleton was born in the New Orleans neighborhood of Algiers. His art drew heavily on life in a corrosive inner-city neighborhood and addressed, comprehensively, both themes of racial injustice and the rich African-American cultural traditions of his region. Singleton started carving in the 1970s, making canes and relief carvings on old doors, cabinets, and driftwood. "When the river was low, I would find a plank of wood to carve." Singleton said in 1990. "I would look at it and wonder if someone's house and life fell apart." |