Eighty-two-year-old Freeman Vines built his first guitar when he was 16 and since then has been trying to reproduce an elusive sound the instrument made. Now living in Fountain, a town of 130 souls in eastern North Carolina, Vines ...See moreEighty-two-year-old Freeman Vines built his first guitar when he was 16 and since then has been trying to reproduce an elusive sound the instrument made. Now living in Fountain, a town of 130 souls in eastern North Carolina, Vines hand-carves guitars and objects that speak to his lifelong conflict with racism in this region. When he acquired a stack of lumber from a tree used in the lynching of a young Black man named Oliver Moore, his sculptures began to take on even more significance. A portrait of an artist searching for a sound, FREEMAN VINES has found a way to create while surviving in a very complex world.
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