Hayward Oubre: Structural Integrity

"Oubre, who received his Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Iowa, is best known for his work with an everyday material—wire coat hangers—which he used to create modernist masterworks. While living in Alabama and North Carolina, he made art in his vanguard style. These artworks fuse his lived experience, wide-ranging interests, and art historical influences in compositions that range from realism to pure abstraction. During his extensive career, Oubre was mentored by prominent artists Hale Woodruff and Nancy Elizabeth Prophet, and he worked in regular contact and visual dialogue with esteemed colleagues and friends, including Selma Burke, Elizabeth Catlett, and David Driskell. Making art influenced by scientific progress, political struggle, modernism, and his daily life, he bridged a century with his unshakable determination to create." - Stanely Museum