The little discards, the little salt and pepper shakers, the little tchotchkes, all of the. NEIL WILLIAMS: And, one of my bothers was creative, who passed away. Yeah, hopefullyI mean, we all hope that our lives and our efforts mean something a little bit more, but not to the point where we getthat they're debilitating to us, that we get obsessed with trying to say something and then not being able to say it, because we're obsessed with trying to say something. Tekno1.net. Not to worry. Some of them reminded me of Hieronymus Bosch for some reason. Switch to the dark mode that's kinder on your eyes at night time. 0000054048 00000 n NEIL WILLIAMS: So I didn't know it was even available, and they said, 'Oh yeah, they're encouraging it.' Being held upa little grandmother being held up by a man in a hat and with a gun. NEIL WILLIAMS: But isn't that the case with so many great artists in history? MIJA RIEDEL: I can really see Gorky, in particular. NEIL WILLIAMS: Mm-hmm. Her mother was a dancer and used to tour with Arthur Murray in that era. That's why a lot of those people end up with thoseI mean, it's work, it's hard, I know, but the comfort zones of teaching. Finally, where do you see your work fitting into contemporary art? 0000011773 00000 n But they were. They were trying tothey had a healthy rivalry of who discovered which image first, who used it first in which painting. And like I said, some of the most amusing moments is when he had vermouth in one hand and a cigarette in the other and he was ready to talk. And so, I detached from trying to identify how I fit in that. Berkeley.". I mean, Betty Asher was wonderful, of course, the matriarch of west coast art, and Rena kept an eye on me and was always very generous and very helpful, especially if I needed to reach out and, "Rena, I have a few new pieces I would like to be able to get some more materials," and she would buy them and resell them. The way you're describing it, it's clearly been there for years and years and years. They were on the back burner or no burner at all. NEIL WILLIAMS: But, she wasjust extraordinary and raw, pure energy and just that her tenacious way she devoured images and devoured the process of making stuff and working with color and form, and fluidly between two and three dimensional like that was really rare. NEIL WILLIAMS: directly. I didn'treally think of that much. And there's a whole other story about a local dentist who did these huge, enormous, really terrible sculptures, that came up about thewe'll go take a look at them later maybe and laugh at them. MIJA RIEDEL: And you did many, many group shows [. So, she was inviting, you know, "Do you like that? University systems, they certainly have their place. The evolution of your work, how Viola influenced it, and then where you decided to develop. A natural presenter and storyteller, Neil is a great client-facing guy and clients love him. And Viola said, "No way, I wouldn't""There's nothing""Making artwork is the most important thing, that's number one." NEIL WILLIAMS: But also I think there's a great sense of humor and a take on things that's pretty broad-based. That kind of thing? It's how you want to be remembered, children in artwork, sosome of theI can see the university and art school things certainly are very, very important. The bowl goes all the waybowl form goes all the way back to the cupping of the hands to drink from the stream and primitive man, and it symbolizes so much, still, the concept of a vessel. Well, by the time they finished them, they had a dedication ceremony, and Buckminster Fuller came out to dedicate it because it was based on his geodesic dome design, and he was absolutely enthralled. MIJA RIEDEL: Clay seemed a way for her to channel experience that was personal, but not necessarily make the piece be self-referential. You have to go back and pick individuals. While many people do not always speak openly of their faith in God, they very naturally believe in God, and in times of crisis, their prayers and hopes ascend to God, Elder Andersen said. He was going to donate fantastic paintings, and it's like, "Well, but you have Motherwell's all over the place in storage." So yeah, there's hours and hours and hours of carving, sanding and painting on each piece. MIJA RIEDEL: That is an interesting detail. NEIL WILLIAMS: Yeah. Any agency would be lucky to have him. Isome of them you don't even meet. Summary: An interview with Neil N. Williams conducted 2014 June 5-6, by Mija Riedel, for the Archives of American Art's Viola Frey Oral History Project, at William's home and studio in Auburn, California. Please if you have any form of concern, suggestions, or query as regards this publication, kindly contact us. She'd say these little naive little, NEIL WILLIAMS: "there would just be nothing." It's not art." The students loved them and they're getting results and. NEIL WILLIAMS: And you know L.A. had to be kicking themselves over that, because then they realized, "Oh my gosh, this guy's got 2,000 paintings and for thousands"he's got a billion dollars' worth of artwork, and he did it because he had such a great eye, and he could afford to buy. And, it just seems different, and you're laboring away at a sculpture or a painting. MIJA RIEDEL: But the principal and art teacher encouraged you to use it and then you'd cart the work over to. But, certainly the FBI and everyone else keeps records on it, but they won't release the records ofthe full records of why people disappeared, so many. NEIL WILLIAMS: So, it's like Picasso said, it took him what, sixty years to learn to draw like a child again? Washington,DC20001, 300 Park Avenue SouthSuite 300 Been 16, 15 now. He was volatile, and scary. Does that feel accurate to you, and. Wonderful guy. Said he knew he had no problem at all diving into somebody's chest who was wounded, to try and save him, when they were trying to shoot him, too. And we became really good friendsbecause it wasn't just about working hard for her, it was about giving her a sounding board, and then we talked a lot about things outside of the arts, but, NEIL WILLIAMS: She saw that I wasI worked hard and I had a good discipline, and I got a good sense, I think, of what she was doing immediately. NEIL WILLIAMS: Right. And, she just helped with the cups. MIJA RIEDEL: I remember reading that it was important to her that some of the characterssome of the sculptures, the figures feel slightly menacing. And then I realizedlet go of that and just realized by turning inside and making nice work, making good work, in a very, very small way, can do that. And then you practice. I mean, it would have been great, but it's not important to me. She was very competitivecame back in all fired up one day in the studio and made me pour about 80 candlestick images that she was going to use in her, you know, NEIL WILLIAMS: new series of jug pieces. NEIL WILLIAMS: And it'sand it's perversely somewhat true. I have even told the story of the world's tallest building. And she honestly defended it and believed that a good pot is art if you look at history. Quote from: InTheKnow on 2009-Sep-29, 01:46 PM, Quote from: Big Wheel on 2009-Sep-29, 02:17 PM, Quote from: OldLarsy on 2009-Sep-29, 02:37 PM, Quote from: el zoro on 2009-Sep-29, 03:17 PM, Quote from: dubbledee on 2009-Sep-28, 09:38 PM, Quote from: Big Wheel on 2009-Sep-29, 04:12 PM, Quote from: MagiC~* on 2009-Sep-29, 09:17 PM, Quote from: MagiC~* on 2009-Sep-29, 09:25 PM, Quote from: Mark on 2009-Dec-17, 08:10 PM, Quote from: Mark on 2009-Dec-17, 08:57 PM, Quote from: Max Manewer on 2009-Dec-17, 06:36 PM. NEIL WILLIAMS: You know, of course, whatever happened after that, whethershe wasn't going to be responsible for it. She understood her. So, bringing positive energy and being a resource, because technically I know that in ceramics and ceramics history, I can, I mean, I can reproduce any piece I wanted to. Milking the cows morning and night, I realized how much I needed to get an education, Elder Andersen of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles recalled during a Brigham Young University devotional on Tuesday, Jan. 17. NEIL WILLIAMS: You know, she didn't press her to make a certain line of work. NEIL WILLIAMS: So, I think there was a physical aspect of it, that they were simplified into color field from some of the early detailed work, and I also think that there was a conscious effort, that she thought there was something more powerful on big blocks of color. 0000114283 00000 n A viewing will take place on WebWilliams, Tyrone. And where was that? Well, here's a brush, do it. I thought his move to the Gold Coast was based on lifestyle change. Does that resonate with you? She was like one of us. And she'd bring these boxes and of doughnuts up and, "Neil, I'll make coffee, I've got doughnuts." IT consultant, Scout Leader, climber and traveller (or something like that) Milton Keynes Joined April 2009. Tel Aviv Museum wants an installation." NEIL WILLIAMS: or at least proposes thosesuggests those. Great stories about Thiebaud he had, and he was just such a positive guy thatit was very impactive on my life and my interests and becomingbut I knew immediately, as soon as I started working with clay at 14 years old, what I wanted to do and what I was going to do. NEIL WILLIAMS: And unless you understood, and you could fill in the blanks, where with some students it was just like "What is she talking about?" NEIL WILLIAMS: But I didn't. I wanted to ask you about [. You know, every five-year period, the work, there's this little jump. You know, like, the little chicken image or some of those other images that she made eight, nine feet high. NEIL WILLIAMS: And then pace yourself, and realize the relativity of it all. %privacy_policy%. So it was. MR]you were talking about the importance of family to her. Which year? NEIL WILLIAMS: Just the green light that it was okay to pursue this. SoI mean, I remember him saying, they were talking about Basquiat, you know, buying his early works and telling those guys, "Just leave him alone, he's a good painter. NEIL WILLIAMS: Jason Rhoades grew up here, and was thought to be one of the more important artists of post-modern artists in the '90s and 2000s. NEIL WILLIAMS: I think. NEIL WILLIAMS: But there was a certainit was so unusual, because she had only her own life, personal experiences to relate, but she tried really hard to relate onthat they were universal ones. The power and blessings of the priesthood, including those found in the temple, are essential. 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