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[T]he content of my work is also about histories that are marginalized, things that are in the periphery, things that are tossed out, cast out. Human beings that are cast out. Things that seem obsolete but are not.
william cordova
All of the works I do are in constant conversation
This is a 12-minute video about Miami-based cultural practitioner william cordova, whose work is part of the Nasher Museum collection. In this video, cordova talks about his mixed-media sculpture, Greatest Hits (para Micaela Bastidas, Tom Wilson y Anna Mae Aquash) [(for Micaela Bastidas, Tom Wilson and Anna Mae Aquash)] and his work on paper, now’s the time (amauta).
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william cordova, Greatest Hits (para Micaela Bastidas, Tom Wilson y Anna Mae Aquash) (detail), 2008. Column of 3,000 reclaimed vinyl records, Peruvian gourds, VHS tape, cigar, pennies, candle, record covers, wooden base, 156 x 72 inches. Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. Gift of Marjorie and Michael Levine (T '84). Courtesy of the artist. Photo by Peter Paul Geoffrion.
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william cordova, Greatest Hits (para Micaela Bastidas, Tom Wilson y Anna Mae Aquash), 2008. Column of 3,000 reclaimed vinyl records, Peruvian gourds, VHS tape, cigar, pennies, candle, record covers, wooden base, 156 x 72 inches. Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. Gift of Marjorie and Michael Levine (T '84). Courtesy of the artist. Photo by Peter Paul Geoffrion.
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william cordova, now's the time (amauta), 2009. Mixed-media collage (graphite, gold leaf, oil stick, dust, hair, watercolor, metallic pen on paper with cut-out magazine and inkjet printer collage), 50 5/8 × 31 5/8 inches (128.6 × 80.3 cm). Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. Gift of Marjorie (P’16, P’19, P’19) and Michael Levine (B.S.’84, P’16, P’19, P’19), in honor of Kimerly Rorschach (P’11, P’13, founding Mary D.B.T. and James H. Semans Director), 2012.17.1.
My mom always told me to pursue what made me happy because at the end of the day you have to live with yourself. Absorb everything, balance it out. Make sure that you do things that that fulfill you in a healthy way. And sometimes you might find yourself losing a certain balance but the yin and the yang always have to meet halfway. At the end of the day, that's always what I'm trying to accomplish, to find that middle ground. And don't forget to breathe. The hardest thing for human beings to do after a certain age is to remember to breathe.
william cordova
Special Thanks
william cordova, cultural practioner
Images of william cordova’s work reproduced with permission.
william cordova, Greatest Hits (para Micaela Bastidas, Tom Wilson y Anna Mae Aquash) [(for Micaela Bastidas, Tom Wilson and Anna Mae Aquash)], 2008. Column of 3,000 reclaimed vinyl records, Peruvian gourds, VHS tape, cigar, pennies, candle, record covers, and wooden base, 156 x 72 inches (396 x 183 cm). Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. Museum purchase with funds provided by Marjorie (P’16, P’19, P’19) and Michael Levine (B.S.’84, P’16, P’19, P’19); 2009.6.1.
william cordova, now’s the time (amauta), 2009. Mixed-media collage (graphite, gold leaf, oil stick, dust, hair, watercolor, metallic pen on paper with cut-out magazine and inkjet printer collage), 50 5/8 × 31 5/8 inches (128.6 × 80.3 cm). Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. Gift of Marjorie (P’16, P’19, P’19) and Michael Levine (B.S.’84, P’16, P’19, P’19), in honor of Kimerly Rorschach (P’11, P’13, founding Mary D.B.T. and James H. Semans Director), 2012.17.1.
Image of LaToya Ruby Frazier’s work
LaToya Ruby Frazier, Grandma Ruby and me, 2005 (printed 2013). Gelatin silver print mounted on museum board, edition AP 1/2/Edition of 3 + 2 AP, 20 × 24 inches (50.8 × 61 cm). Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. Museum purchase with funds provided by Marjorie (P’16, P’19, P’19) and Michael Levine (B.S.’84, P’16, P’19, P’19); 2013.6.2. © LaToya Ruby Frazier. Courtesy of the artist and Michel Rein, Paris / Brussels.
Archival photographs courtesy of william cordova
Photos of william with Barkley L. Hendricks, Stacy Lynn Waddell and Lyota Yagi by J Caldwell.
Photo of william cordova, Trevor Schoonmaker, Mark Bradford by Chris Hildreth.
Photos of william with his work by J Caldwell.
Photo of william in sunglasses by Wendy Hower.
Video Production Team
Videographer and Editor
J Caldwell
Producer and Videographer
Wendy Page Hower
Head of Graphic Design
Joel P. Johnson
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