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Carol Cole Levin

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b. 1943

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  1. Steel Magnolia by Carol Cole Levin, Image 1.

    Carol Cole Levin

    Steel Magnolia, 2015

    Mixed Media

    50 x 38 x 41 in

  2. Fortress by Carol Cole Levin, Image 1.

    Carol Cole Levin

    Fortress, 1992

    Mixed Media

    6.5 x 9.75 x 8.75 in

Carol Cole (b. 1943 in Philadelphia, Mississippi, lives and works in Greensboro, NC) is a feminist artist whose work has been shown extensively since the early 1990s, although the roots of her practice date back to the 1970s. This sculpture continues her interest in biomorphic representations of female and male forms, here using found materials to suggest both phallic and mammarian forms. Cole is an avid reader of Southern literature and often celebrates her Southern roots, taking the title of this work from the 1987 play by Robert Harling about the bonds between a group of Louisiana women. One of a series of similar works where an inverted antique cut-glass punch bowl conjures her signature breast form, Cole also uses this material to refer to societal mores as well as the differences between Southern and Northern standards of hospitality (Southerners, she claims, preferred cut-glass items, Northerners, pressed-glass).