Hawkins Bolden's Yard ShowHawkins Bolden (1914 - 2005)
Relocated (incl. Museums)
Memphis, TN, 38104, United States
begun in the mid-1960s
About the Artist/Site
Hawkins Bolden, of African American and Native American ancestry, was blinded by a childhood accident. Over a period of many years, he created an installation of figural assemblages and mask-like forms in and around his yard in central Memphis, resulting in an environment of what he called "scarecrows" to serve as guardians of his family's garden. He created from found objects ranging from pots and pans, scraps of metal, lids of oil drums and the like.
In 2010, Kohler Foundation gifted ten of Bolden's works to the collection of the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Bolden's work has been featured in numerous exhibitions and books.
Bolden's work is also included in the collections of The Smithsonian American Art Museum; High Museum of Art; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Philadelphia Museum of Art; and more.
*Text courtesy of Kohler Foundation, Inc.
Materials
buckets, hubcaps, tin cans, scrap metal, clothing, found objects
Map & Site Information
Memphis, TN, 38104
us
Latitude/Longitude: 35.1323787 / -90.004663
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