Carol Cole
carolcole@aol.comBorn in Philadelphia, MS, 1943. Lives and works in Greensboro, NC.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
Carol Cole: The Bubble Blower, Empirical Nonsense, New York, NY, curated by Jimi Dams, (Sept. 5 – Nov. 3)
Carol Cole: Cast … Read More
Posted on 05/07/2014
Artist’s Statement
The zippered leather heads of Nancy Grossman, the 100 Boots of Eleanor Antin, and the UFO series by Herman Mhire all had a strong visual influence on me in the 70’s. But it was Judy Chicago’s suggestion to … Read More
Posted on 10/03/2003
Being a Southern Artist
And what does it mean? Everyone knows what Southern writing represents and where music called the blues came from, but what is Southern art? Why isn’t this culturally rich, warm, passionate region known for visual arts? … Read More
Posted on 01/02/2004
Essay by Lilly Wei
Carol Cole has been involved with breasts and bubbles in one way or another since 1976, when she made a series of small, black and white and colored pencil drawings that she called The Bubble Blower. … Read MorePosted on 06/06/2004
Quotations from Louise Bourgeoise, Tennessee Williams, and Flannery O’Connor
Louise Bourgeoise (1911 – 2010)“Through self-knowledge we recognize and understand the mechanisms of our fears. We cease being dependent on the unknown and the acting out stops. The goal is … Read More
Posted on 02/25/2012
Quotations from Muriel Rukeyser
Muriel Rukeyser (1913-1980)
The books I am quoting from are both paper backs, published by McGraw-Hill and I assume NYC, but they list multiple cities.
1. The Gates; Poems by Muriel Rukeyser, divided into two … Read More
Posted on 02/26/2012
The Breast by Anne Sexton
This is the key to it.
This is the key to everything.
Preciously.
I am worse than the gamekeeper’s children,
picking for dust and bread.
Here I am drumming up perfume.
Let me go down … Read More
Posted on 02/22/2012