NEIL WILLIAMS: And she wasn't necessarily challenging people on deeper meanings beside, or beyond thatwhich may or may not have contributed to how powerful her work was. I don't know. NEIL WILLIAMS: And yeah, she's a good partner. We had hopes and dreams, and we made plans for our future together.. I mean, she's making huge vases. NEIL WILLIAMS: some teenagers and some adults. They were letting you know how magnificent your full-sized ashtray was." So, he filled the word in her life, and she filled the visuals in his. She was in NCECA. NEIL WILLIAMS: So I think that she was naturallyshe was on that energy of that elusive whatever-it-is about perceiving and then practicing and reacting to it. NEIL WILLIAMS: And the quote coming out of that was that she said, "You have to remain compulsive and leave some work unfinished. NEIL WILLIAMS: There have been lulls, but I've always known it's okay to just keep working through them. NEIL WILLIAMS: And so I was the youngest. They would just kill off their enthusiasm and their energy. Seems that you work has, over decades, been about theme and variation, and always with a focus on color and form, MIJA RIEDEL: and, in particular, it seems the vase form, the teapot form, and the cup have been almost canvases that you have workedyou've constructed and deconstructed over decades. Cannes LionBritish Arrow AwardLIAArt Directors Club of New YorkGraphisAWWWARDSDubai LynxCreative ReviewRanked Top 3 Copywriter (Creativepool), "What a great guy to bounce ideas around with. And they likethen there was this huddle. Really enlightened. NEIL WILLIAMS: I think by the time he had finished he was in every major museum in the world, Whitney Biennial multiple times, Venice Bienalle. We become the children of the covenant, and our souls need the truths of the restored gospel, the priesthood and ordinances that follow, the power of the Book of Mormon, and the safety that comes from prophets and apostles.. MIJA RIEDEL: Now, this definitely has that fetish finish feeling to it. 0000053116 00000 n
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. MIJA RIEDEL: I thought you had said otherwise yesterday, but okay. But, the other rub about that was myit's not a rub, it was a good thing. I think Arneson said it, because that there was so much work, he said to Richard Shaw, he says, "You ever get the feeling you're not working hard enough lately?" NEIL WILLIAMS: Yeah, within the end of the first semester there, yeah. MIJA RIEDEL: What is it that has kept your interest for so long? I mean, come on. NEIL WILLIAMS: Let's put it that way. 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 Dorothy Weiss was very generous, she gave me my first show and she was wonderful. NEIL WILLIAMS: It wasas it is in the sense that the clay environment can be very comfortable, and Viola used to talk aboutand I agreethat clay people are more of friends and family, and it's more of a communal thing, pot shops are. I have Neil's'Shirley was her name'I have Shirley's drawing of a nude." NEIL WILLIAMS: I remember being young and reading the Tao and how thatand that was an East Indian prophet, Gibran, Kahlil Gibran, reading those kind of things. It was her first big coming out show since she'd hid out for nine years and just made work, put it in your backyard or up your attic orand, she was talking about the opening, "Well, I hope so-and-so's going to be there." Racing and Sports is a Registered Trademark. Like even when I do production work, or picturing other pieces I'd like to explore. And Viola would yell out of the side, "Art's about personal experience!" The former Army Ranger, who did five tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, posted a video of himself riding a surfboard three days ago. Brown, oldyou know, '60s work. It's thecolor that surrounds us and brings us to life. MIJA RIEDEL: They feel very different than the other pieces because the ones I've seen are not deconstructed at all, and, the palette was quite different too. And, it just seems different, and you're laboring away at a sculpture or a painting. WebAustralian Horse Racing from A to Z covering champpion racehorses and people and their feats in the sport of horse racing Berkley? Please join us to mourn the passing of Neil Williams. And they will all attach different words to try and describe their experiences with that stone. MIJA RIEDEL: Mm-hmm. Every time I'd call or he'd call, I'd say, "Where are you going?" NEIL WILLIAMS: She's notshe wasn't reallythose kinds of things made her nervous. That kind of a thing, and "Oh, Okay." Victor Building But, inspirational, sure. And, even though there were gaps in her thought processes, like there are in all of our lives, in all of our dialogues, you could tell there was a depth of thought there. MIJA RIEDEL: Mm-hmm. 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. What is important to you to try and bring to the classes or workshops that you teach? But if you get someone who can talk aboutlike I talk about my student survival and celebration, you know putting yourself in a space, what do you need to identify, what do you need to survive, physically and make ends meet, pay the bills, keep the utilities on. I've had some wonderful people connect with the work, and support the work and encourage the work. But, yeah, I learned a lot from that. MIJA RIEDEL: '77, from Auburn High School. When I spoke with Rena, she talked about introducing Viola to Patterson Sims. So straight line, you've got analytics and rational architecture and structure. I mean, he's the one who talked about diachronic and synchronic time. NEIL WILLIAMS: That's one thingthat's one thing that I realized that I do well issince I was 14, is I was able to throw very well. [Affirmative. What Are We? NEIL WILLIAMS: Similarities was a consistency of all figure workfigurative work, the male and female roles. MIJA RIEDEL: Did youand that that was part of that whole dynamic and part of what made it unusual? And she'd bring these boxes and of doughnuts up and, "Neil, I'll make coffee, I've got doughnuts." Its brightness will remind you that in the gospel there is always, every day, a new chance, a new life, a new year. Community college, high school, university. NEIL WILLIAMS: So, there was a friend who had gotten several pairs and she called them "The Keys of Life," and my concept was in the paintedthe straight line painted ones. Completely. NEIL WILLIAMS: So, it's like Picasso said, it took him what, sixty years to learn to draw like a child again? NEIL WILLIAMS: He said it was hysterical. MIJA RIEDEL: Did you ever have that kind of experience? They surrounded her, and there was this big huddle, and then I guess they got her calmed down, and then she said a little something like "Okay, I'll," you know. I'm not egocentric enough. He was giving assignments to these little ladies. MIJA RIEDEL: This is Mija Riedel with Neil Williams at the artist's home and studio in Auburn California on June 6, 2014 for the Smithsonian Archives of American Art, card number two. And it was also, like I was trying to get at filling theimage filling the gap between the thought and the spoken word. And Viola was there in the ceramics department? I don't know if through the Renwick or whatever itI said, "You're kidding? I got to have a show." Was it. But the bronzes, when I was there, Itwo thingsI kind of thought they were more of a reaction, her competitive spirit: "I'm going to do bronzes too." Does it bringhave their been unexpected. Neal Williams - 2013 Melvins - Atlanta Concert Poster. Millions of dollars in painting. So, it's a terrible burden, I think, in a way, to bear. And I was able toevery good piece I've made since I was 14 I've sold. NEIL WILLIAMS: Yes, she was there, and she hadI remember the first day of class was the morning after Richard Behrens, the glaze guru, the elderly gentleman, the wonderfulhad passed away. But. Duchamp was right, it can be a drug for a lot of people throughout history. But there was also part of the delight for her too because shethe magic she always felt about seeing things coming out of the kiln for the first time. And, there's this big ritual behind it, and there's maybe 200 or 300 people captivated there and listening. i backed 3 winners in a row and realised that Williams was on them all. [Laughs.] NEIL WILLIAMS: He would write stuffI mean, I'd find little notes all over the place, little critiques about, you know. WebWilliams, Tyrone. Net Worth in 2020. NEIL WILLIAMS: That'sthat makes sense to me. NEIL WILLIAMS: Then I ended up more so reading more recently in the last ten years, I don't knowfascinations with otherworldly things, unexplained things, unexplained phenomenons, UFOs or undiscovered species or missing people, missing time, interesting mysteries. ", NEIL WILLIAMS: I like that feeling of accomplishment at the end of the day, of exhaustion that you've given, and you've been able toespecially working with clay, you manifest something out of nothing but a ball of mud. NEIL WILLIAMS: Is that what you're getting at? That kind of thing? NEIL WILLIAMS: Similarities are consistent vessel and volume study. That's why I haven't had the solo shows in so long. MIJA RIEDEL: Mm-hmm. So, nothing came to you in terms of a new thought, or a new perspective, ornow I'll approach it from a slightly different angle today? MIJA RIEDEL: Mm-hmm. And now him, her, and Squeak kind of went back and forth at a certain time when Squeak was getting out and getting established. And thank God we have critics and writers to fill in the gaps for us. He hasmany strengths, including creating big brand idea/concepts, crafting emotive brand stories that flow effortlessly and leading the development and ideation of advertising campaigns. 0000114283 00000 n
MIJA RIEDEL: That actually leads beautifully to this next question, which is, do you think there's a difference between artists that are trained in a university and artists that learn another way? She was very active, and I really was grateful for what she did for me. NEIL WILLIAMS: The idea of interior and exterior, MIJA RIEDEL: That makes sense right here. NEIL WILLIAMS: And he had a Picasso he had inherited from his father. MIJA RIEDEL: I think that's what I was trying to get at earlier, is that straddling of the personal and the universal that works, that seems profound and present in her work. That's whatparaphrasing is probably not completely accurate, but that's what I got out of that. That was one of the reasons why we hadI had to move on, not only because I wanted to be an artist, and she knew that, but there was no real future in it. Yeah. So, she encouraged that and nurtured that very heavily, but, MIJA RIEDEL: It was almost an unconscious sense of personal experience, from what I understand, because none of the work equated directly to her own personal experience, but somehow. It's like Noguchi would say, "It's an interesting phenomenon. And he says, "Hey, I never believed them when they told me how bad I was. And it'll jump up, a little bit. But they were. . And if they don't, then that's okay, too. MIJA RIEDEL: Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. And Viola said, "No way, I wouldn't""There's nothing""Making artwork is the most important thing, that's number one." He tried to get him to come back more, and I'm sure it contributed to him getting further out there, and eventuallyyou know his tragedy. I used to love the little Scottsdale Museum Fairthat was nice for me, made it into a vacation. And I said, "Do you know anyone down here that might be interested in them?" Tel Aviv Museum wants an installation." NEIL WILLIAMS: Remember him? I never saw that it was an effort to work outthe dark side or her dark past, whatever it might have been. You know, you lose a house, you lose a dear friend young, multiple friends young, unexpectedly. You got to be making work you love to look at becauseand surround yourself with because you may have to." [. NEIL WILLIAMS: Oh yes. [Affirmative.] NEIL WILLIAMS: I mean, there's athat's why the attraction-repulsion dynamic is to be found with so many of them. R&S takes all care in the preparation of information appearing on the site, but accepts no responsibility nor warrants the accuracy of the information displayed. It's not that kind of work I do. It's primordial, it's playful. MIJA RIEDEL: I'm thinking about the difference between going to the studio to make your own work and, NEIL WILLIAMS: I've done a lot of work on the class, NEIL WILLIAMS: but as far as, some of them, MIJA RIEDEL: How does that affect the process? He had the CaliforniaHuell Howser for KVIE? I would relish the opportunity of working with Neil in the future. NEIL WILLIAMS: Have you seen the photograph of her in the closet with all of the hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of the little figurines and things that she had, NEIL WILLIAMS: she had hoarded? And there were some of those sections, were 150 pounds and they were 10 feet in the air, all in sections, and I had pull them apart without breaking or chipping anything, get down the ladder, get them in the kiln. And, a way to maybe find an area that she could put somereinvest some of her sales into. 0000002246 00000 n
And so we'd have them all numbered and ready to go, but we'd put the show up in a few hours and they were likeeveryone was happy and purring and ready for a reception after that. So, there was ahealthy push, not a lot of information but a healthy push, and a reassurance that is was okay to pursue this. So, I think we'veplease, go ahead. NEIL WILLIAMS: Sure. NEIL WILLIAMS: Sing Shakespeare sonnets, and we used to go around and perform at different groups like Lions Clubs or Soroptimist, and sit through Shakespearean sonnet performances in third grade. You touch it, you've got a drawing without without a brush or without a pencil. [Laughs.] Looking back 50 years later, will your faith in the Savior be the most powerful force that moved you forward? kind elderly gentleman spent the whole week hanging these plates, and he would measure each one and try and hang it so that they looked spatially balanced. 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