Lonnie Holley
Lonnie Holley was an American sculptor, musician, photographer, painter, draftsperson and performance artist (born 1950). He was born at Birmingham.
Also recorded as Lonnie B. Holley; Lonnie Bradley Holley.
Lonnie Holley in brief
- Born
- 1950
- Known for
- sculptor, musician, photographer, painter, draftsperson, performance artist, assemblage artist and object artist
- Place of birth
- Birmingham
Contents
Catalogued works
10 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service. Their recorded dates run from 1982 to 2004.
The Found Crucifix Against Humanity, dated 1988, held by Georgia Museum of Art, inventory 2007.42. Creation, dated 1993, held by Georgia Museum of Art, inventory 2010.282. Untitled (abstract), dated 1994, held by Georgia Museum of Art, inventory 2012.809. Blue Jay, dated 1994, held by Georgia Museum of Art, inventory 2012.840. African Mask, dated 2004, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2014.548.7. Grown Together in the Midst of the Foundation, dated 1994, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2014.548.8. Ruling for the Child, dated 1982, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2014.548.9. Untitled (Man), dated 1990, held by Smithsonian American Art Museum, inventory 1991.96.2. Yielding to the Ancestors While Controlling the Hands of Time, dated 1992, held by Smithsonian American Art Museum, inventory 1993.1.3. Washington Crash, dated 1983, held by Smithsonian American Art Museum, inventory 2010.57.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 4 named public collections.
Georgia Museum of Art: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Metropolitan Museum of Art: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Smithsonian American Art Museum: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
6 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Holley, Lonnie, African American Studies Center, 2015. Lonnie Holley, Flyboy 2, 2016. Lonnie Holley: Tangled Up in de Kooning’s Fence, Curated by Alison M. Gingeras Lonnie Holley at the Elaine de Kooning House: Everything That Wasn’t White, Journal of Contemporary Painting, 2022. LONNIE HOLLEY, Alabama Creates, 2019. Constructing "Outsider Art": Representations of Communal and Individual Identity in the Art of Purvis Young, Lonnie Holley, and Thornton Dial. Magic City Modern: A Short History of the Birmingham-Bessemer School, Panorama, 2020.
Digitised editions and texts
2 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.
Live on The Modern World with DJ Trouble - April 2013 (2013) — Internet Archive. Lonnie Holley 2025-03-30 Big Ears Festival (2025) — Internet Archive.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 7 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
the recorded working language is American English.
Subjects and genres recorded for the work are assemblage and sound art. The authority associates the name with outsider art.
Places of work recorded in the authority are Belgium, Denmark and France.
Work by Lonnie Holley is recorded in the collections of Philadelphia Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Pérez Art Museum Miami and Studio Museum in Harlem.
Chronology
- 1950Lonnie Holley born at Birmingham.
- 1988The Found Crucifix Against Humanity (Georgia Museum of Art).
- 1993Creation (Georgia Museum of Art).
- 1994Untitled (abstract) (Georgia Museum of Art).
- 1994Blue Jay (Georgia Museum of Art).
- 1994Grown Together in the Midst of the Foundation (Metropolitan Museum of Art).
- 2004African Mask (Metropolitan Museum of Art).
- 2013Live on The Modern World with DJ Trouble - April 2013 digitised by Internet Archive.
- 2025Lonnie Holley 2025-03-30 Big Ears Festival digitised by Internet Archive.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
Constructing "Outsider Art": Representations of Communal and Individual Identity in the Art of Purvis Young, Lonnie Holley, and Thornton Dial
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 2.
Holley, Lonnie, African American Studies Center, 2015
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 3.
- 4.
- 5.
Lonnie Holley: Tangled Up in de Kooning’s Fence, Curated by Alison M. Gingeras Lonnie Holley at the Elaine de Kooning House: Everything That Wasn’t White, Journal of Contemporary Painting, 2022
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 6.
Directory of Open Access Journals lists 1 article naming Lonnie Holley.
open access index · Unverified
Consult the source - 7.
Internet Archive, 2 digitised items catalogued under Lonnie Holley as creator.
digital repository · Unverified
Consult the source - 8.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Lonnie Holley (3 objects).
museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Consult the source - 9.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q6674720: Lonnie Holley
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
Consult the source - 10.
“Lonnie Holley”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Consult the source
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