COVID-19 COMMUNITY INITIATIVE
in association with BILL HODGES GALLERY
ANOINTED
LeRone Wilson, 2017
24 x 24 x 5
Framed With The Case
Encaustic On Panel
”As I watch the devastation of this COVID-19 virus and see the intense pressure it puts on my Harlem community, I am moved to use what I have to contribute. I created this work in recognition of the blessings from the ancestors and the ways their significance have shaped me as a contemporary artist and have contributed to American innovation, arts, food, culture and lifestyle.
In appreciation of their roots here in Harlem, I am selling this work with 100% of the proceeds going to support my friends in hospitality and restaurant workers in Harlem who are out of work. As our ancestors lifted the load for us and this country, may we lift the load for each other.”
— LeRone Wilson
SUPPORT ARTISTS REBUILDING COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
All Interested Buyers, please contact the Bill Hodges Gallery directly by filling out this form and submitting.
The Painting is part of the artist’s private collection
The Gallery will receive all offers to purchase
100% of Proceeds go to Hospitality Friends and Harlem restaurant workers
Participating Restaurants are requested to nominate their staff by filling out this form. Only nominated employees will be considered.
ABOUT THE ARTIST & HIS PROCESS
Jason Schmidt, New York Magazine
LeRone Wilson
A sculptor and painter living and working in New York, Lerone Wilson’s primary medium is beeswax, the oldest form of painting, used by the ancient Kemetic people to create art, among other things. His sculpted encaustic paintings explore the complexities of the historical and cultural inferences of spirituality, history and identity. A finalist for the Louis Comfort Tiffany Award and winner of Best in Show for the Carroll Harris Sims Award, Wilson has shown in galleries around the country, including Rush Arts, Kim Foster, Boccara Art, White Box and G.R. N'Namdi in New York and Chicago; the Scope Art Fair Miami; Cutlog Art Fair, New York; and SPRING/BREAK Art Show. He won the 2011 Bombay Sapphire Artisan Award, given during Art Basel Miami week, beating out 4,000 artists from across the country. In 2019, he was featured in the Special Projects section of Art New York and invited to participate in the Pierce and hill Harper Foundation Artist Residency in Detroit. Wilson’s works have also appeared in live auctions and shows at Phillips DePury and in museum shows, including the Museum of Biblical Art in New York and the African American Museum in Dallas, and is in several important corporate and private collections across the world.
Currently, his work can be seen at Bill Hodges Gallery, a gallery focused on showcasing work by historically significant and contemporary African American artists that has operated for 40 years on 57th Street in New York before moving to the new Chelsea location.
Nicole Franzen, Dezeen Magazine
Process
“I create my work by first melting a mixture of encaustic, carnauba wax, resin and powder pigment, which I then make all 1 solvent. I apply, to the panel with an assortment of palette knives to build up the surface then fuse each layer with heat. After the wax is completely hardened, I use carving tools that I created to make specific patterns into the wax. The process is very physical, time consuming and extremely detailed. The result is a minimal, translucent and highly texturized surface that fully engages all of the senses.”
— LeRone Wilson