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1914 Memphis, Tennessee - 2005. Known for: Found object folk art sculpture.
Hawkins Bolden and his identical twin brother, Monroe, were born in the Bailey's Bottom section of Memphis, Tennessee, to parents of Creole and American Indian descent. At age eight, he lost his... Read full biography
Hawkins Bolden and his identical twin brother, Monroe, were born in the Bailey's Bottom section of Memphis, Tennessee, to parents of Creole and American Indian descent. At age eight, he lost his eyesight as a result of a blow to the head while playing baseball with his brother; however, blindness... Read full biography
Hawkins Bolden and his identical twin brother, Monroe, were born in the Bailey's Bottom section of Memphis, Tennessee, to parents of Creole and American Indian descent. At age eight, he lost his eyesight as a result of a blow to the head while playing baseball with his brother; however, blindness did not squelch his creativity; he made kites, tom-walkers (leg stilts), skate trucks—toys for his nieces and nephews—even a radio, from a wire, crystal and a coathanger. (1). Bolden lived in the same... Read full biography
Hawkins Bolden and his identical twin brother, Monroe, were born in the Bailey's Bottom section of Memphis, Tennessee, to parents of Creole and American Indian descent. At age eight, he lost his eyesight as a result of a blow to the head while playing baseball with his brother; however, blindness did not squelch his creativity; he made kites, tom-walkers (leg stilts), skate trucks—toys for his nieces and nephews—even a radio, from a wire, crystal and a coathanger. (1). Bolden lived in the same house his entire life, a small urban home squeezed between a car wash and a privacy wall. His garden was his pride and joy and he loved gardening. One day his nephew told him he could scare away the birds if he made eyes in a bucket with a... Read full biography
Hawkins Bolden and his identical twin brother, Monroe, were born in the Bailey's Bottom section of Memphis, Tennessee, to parents of Creole and American Indian descent. At age eight, he lost his eyesight as a result of a blow to the head while playing baseball with his brother; however, blindness did not squelch his creativity; he made kites, tom-walkers (leg stilts), skate trucks—toys for his nieces and nephews—even a radio, from a wire, crystal and a coathanger. (1). Bolden lived in the same house his entire life, a small urban home squeezed between a car wash and a privacy wall. His garden was his pride and joy and he loved gardening. One day his nephew told him he could scare away the birds if he made eyes in a bucket with a screwdriver. Starting in 1965, he created objects of art from discarded punctured pans, metal lids, washtubs, coffeepots, shoe soles, hoses—an... Read full biography
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About Hawkins Bolden: Keywords
Keywords (8)
Art Method
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Outsider Art
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Black, African-American and/or Caribbean