LONNIE HOLLEY – WHAT HAVE THEY DONE WITH AMERICA?
2022-06-27Holley’s life and work read as a narrative retelling of Black American history—the residual effects of the Jim Crow era, the triumphs of the Civil Rights movement, and the struggles with false narratives around class mobility and race. Holley’s multidisciplinary practice seeks to educate viewers as a means of remedying the historical amnesia surrounding these topics. Rooting himself in the events of the past, the artist moves into the future—presenting synesthetic, multimedia work that visually engages its viewers with unique found objects and intricate motifs to subsequently inform on topics such as inequity and history as memory.
Opposite – Adding to the Foundation (Honoring Daddy James), 2021
Exhibition runs through to August 13th, 2022
Blum & Poe
2727 South La Cienega Boulevard
90034 Los Angeles
