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Willie Herron

(1951) Painter

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Willie Herron is a painter.

Quick Facts About Willie Herron

Born: January 1, 1951
Profession: Painter

About Willie Herron

[Wikidata] American artist (born 1951)... | [Wikipedia] Willie F. Herrón III is an American Chicano muralist, performance artist and commercial artist. Herrón was also one of the founding members of ASCO, the East Los Angeles based Chicano artists collective.

Quotes by Willie Herron

Learning how to shine a pair of shoes to me was like if you could do, you were like you were on…

Ability

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My uncles represented a strength and a power I think that to a certain degree I looked up to. But from another…

Art

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I think my initial desire to start making art came from a desire and a need to communicate but not having anyone…

Art

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I didn't feel like I belonged with my mom. And I didn't feel like I belonged with my dad. Since they were…

Dad

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Nature is so huge. I mean, you can't even look one way! Everything is huge. That was my natural instinct, to create…

Art

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Where my earlier works, what sets them apart is that I didn't need approval and I didn't need permission from anyone because…

Communicate

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The fifties were pretty rebellious, a pretty rebellious period, around that time. And it was preceding the whole zoot suit thing which…

Anxiety

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