Art in Alternative Spaces
Featured Artist
Wesley Willis
It's the Shoreline, 1997
Ink Pen & Colored Marker
24 x 41"
Wesley Willis
Available for Purchase $1,000
It's the Shoreline #2 , 1997
Ink Pen & Colored Marker
28 x 42"
Wesley Willis
Available for Purchase $1,500
The Chicago Northwestern Container Yard, 1980
Ink Pen & Colored Marker
28" x 41"
Wesley Willis
Available for Purchase $1,600
S. Lakeshore Dr. - Lakefront, 1989
Ink Pen & Colored Marker
Wesley Willis
(Not For Sale)
Untitled #3 [SOLD]
Ink Pen & Colored Marker
Wesley Willis
Untitled #5 [SOLD]
Ink Pen & Colored Marker
Wesley Willis
Untitled #7 [SOLD]
Ink Pen & Colored Marker
Wesley Willis
Untitled #9 [SOLD]
Ink Pen & Colored Marker
Wesley Willis
BIOGRAPHY
Outsider artist Wesley Willis began his career on the streets of Chicago - literally. My first encounter with the African American, six-foot-five, 300 pound, possibly schizophrenic artist was in 1991 where I met him in the back of a retail art supply store in Chicago. Actually, as it turns out, he was living there for a short time. Later I would see him with a large black portfolio walking the parking lot of a nearby grocery store begging storegoers to buy his artwork. Some of it was torn and stained, and it was clear that he needed money badly. Instead of simply begging for money, he would give away one of his drawings if you gave him some spare change (or dollars). Back then, savvy buyers could purchase a Wesley Willis drawing for about $40. After his rocketing career in Chicago's club circuit took off, he formed a band with guitarist Dale Meiners and became known as Wesley Willis and the Fiasco's (later changed to Fiasco) His artwork steadily began to draw attention, even commercial galleries began selling it for a large profit. Sadly, Wesley passed away in 2003. His funeral was standing room only. -- © Debra Hatchett
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