Willie Leroy Cole: Transforming the Mundane into Meaningful Art Willie Cole is a contemporary sculptor, printer, and visual artist hailing from Somerville, New Jersey, born in 1955. He relocated to Newark, New Jersey, establishing himself as a significant figure in the art world. Cole’s distinctive artistic approach centers around assemblage and transformation—he meticulously repurposes commonplace objects like ironing boards, ironing pads, high heels, hairdryers, bicycle parts, matchsticks encased in wood, lawn mower blades, and discarded items into striking sculptural creations. This proce…