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william christenberry
Hale County Alabama.
(born November 5, 1936)
a photographer, painter and sculptor
Began painting large abstract-expressionist canvasses, then switched to a new medium which evoked the place of his childhood summers in Hale County.
Bachelor’s (1958) and Master’s (1959) degrees in fine arts from the University of Alabama.
Now teaches at the Corcoran College of Art and Design in Washington, D.C..
After starting his professorship, there began annual visits to Hale County during summer months resulting in photographs. Originally shot with a Kodak Brownie camera, subsequently shot with a large format view camera.
The result of one visit, a series of photographs documenting the decay of individual structures as nearly isolated objects.
1974, manipulation of photographed buildings into sculptures that accurately reproduce their state of decay and patina. properly proportioned, base foundation in actual soil from these places. Another series of works was provoked by a terrifying incident , out of curiosity, tried to attend a Ku Klux Klan meeting, he fled.
the Klan Room filled with paintings, found objects, drawings, sculptures, dioramas, and a series of fabric klansmen dolls.
