Contemporary Cable Series
2000s–2024 · 7 works
Country Girl, 1998
Born 1940, Chase City, Virginia
Lloyd Toone
Six decades of mixed-media sculpture, painting, collage and works on paper.
Artist statement
Lloyd Toone breathes life into contemporary and figurative forms, transforming ordinary objects into extraordinary treasures. Leather shoe soles, electrical cable and fabric are built up over wooden armatures until the surface itself carries the figure.
Collections and exhibitions
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston — Afro-American Artists, 1969 and 1970
- Acts of Art Gallery, New York — Rebuttal to the Whitney Museum Exhibition, 1971
- Hunter College Art Galleries, New York — Acts of Art in Greenwich Village, 2024–2025
- Permanent collections include Hampton University Museum and Reynolda House Museum of American Art
Series
Mixed Media Contemporary Wall Paintings
1984–2010 · 12 works
Daughters of Shu
1985–1998 · 3 works
Levitating Ladies
1998–1999 · 2 works
Most recent exhibition
Muscarelle Museum of Art
Muscarelle Museum of Art at the Martha Wren Briggs Center for Visual Arts · Williamsburg VA · 2025 · Past
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