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NEIL WILLIAMS: Oh yes, and they had been for quite some time before that. How do they survive and make a living? "I'll take them." MIJA RIEDEL: I think she arrived in '70 or so. MIJA RIEDEL: Mm-hmm. Neil Williams always brought light to every room entered. I think Kevin Anderson at the time was helping, or part time help for installing. NEIL WILLIAMS: Yes, but not necessarily for publishing. Okay. He was one of the many riders who take their worst tumble after they hang up the saddle. NEIL WILLIAMS: Oh, seeing in terms of a painting, a canvas. So, visually they're fragmented, NEIL WILLIAMS: but they're also put back together physically in the process of making that, and also with color, hopefully they have that structural integrity with the color, too. So, there's a meditative, you have to beI have to be in the rightyou know, and being a big guy with club hands isI like that. But, I don't know, what were the statistics when I was in school? Duration is 4 hr., 9 min. Washington,DC20001, 300 Park Avenue SouthSuite 300 This is an old photo thing we found cleaning up, of just old pots that I was. MIJA RIEDEL: It talks about begging bowls [ph]. But then he would calm down, and heand I don't know, I'm sure that has to do with his also being a veteran and, NEIL WILLIAMS: you know, he nearly died from malaria and whatever other issues, but, MIJA RIEDEL: I did speak with someone else who said that the war was deeply traumatic for him. But for theI mean those, I don't even consider it anymore, because those positions are allactually, who was it that was talking about, a few years back, when Rudy Turk was retiring from ASU. Because I was 2D at the time. Claire Hadlock said it is important to go to the right sources when an individual has questions. MIJA RIEDEL: Do you think of yourself as part of an American tradition? It's not ephemeralit worked in a very. NEIL WILLIAMS: Right. And I noticed that, in later years, the paintings got really good, and some of the figures were just big. 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? Used to get overwhelmed by it. "I would," she says. There was something about the big block of color, although there was good color change and wonderful painting in it. He was volatile, and scary. You might want to pet her first.". Have you heard the old statement that hope springs eternal? I'll remember. Well, okay, call, "What are you doing?" 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. Cannes LionBritish Arrow AwardLIAArt Directors Club of New YorkGraphisAWWWARDSDubai LynxCreative ReviewRanked Top 3 Copywriter (Creativepool), "What a great guy to bounce ideas around with. NEIL WILLIAMS: Varying heights. Read more of Church News coverage of devotionals here, President and Sister Worthen on prophets, promises and logokophosis, at BYU devotional, Elder Andersen encourages BYUPathway students to believe in yourself; trust in the Lord, Elder Andersens visit to the Pacific leaves members with increased faith in Jesus Christ. NEIL WILLIAMS: And if you look at so many aspects of ceramics and pottery, it's extremely important in every culture. ], NEIL WILLIAMS: I can't remember if Viola said it or it was said at a lecture. She had so much going on, and she was building things so big, and they were getting so over the top in scale. NEIL WILLIAMS: I like that connection. The good, the bad, and the ugly. They got increasingly deep andI can't think of the word I'm looking for right now. But he's a wholethat's a whole other two days' worth of talking about him and his collection. And at the same time, we look at so many great artists, and they wereit wastheir big contribution was absolutely they were on the edge. NEIL WILLIAMS: I've always been reallyone of my strong skills when I was immediately very young was the throwing on the wheel, just a tool like so many other tools, the brush. I mean he's my best friend; what can you say? He just looked at me and said, "I don't know." The way you're describing it, it's clearly been there for years and years and years. NEIL WILLIAMS: Oh yes. NEIL WILLIAMS: Andher compulsion to fulfill that loneliness was found in the exuberance of being able to make a single huge, giant man, or a cluster of them. And now him, her, and Squeak kind of went back and forth at a certain time when Squeak was getting out and getting established. Tekno1.net. So, there's a number of stories like that in the area. However, that experience also helped her better understand the Saviors Atonement. And I've been really fortunate. NEIL WILLIAMS: Remember him? MIJA RIEDEL: There is something about the vessel form that is so rich because it goes back and forth between figurative and abstract as well, interior and exterior. And Viola would yell out of the side, "Art's about personal experience!" 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. NEIL WILLIAMS: Episodes not likeas in seizures? Some of them reminded me of Hieronymus Bosch for some reason. NEIL WILLIAMS: You know, I'm sure her independence helped all that. NEIL WILLIAMS: Because I know shefor both of them, she waseveryone loved their work, and they were like. She had said, even once that there was nothing that she wouldn't give up to make art. NEIL WILLIAMS: Like, "Oh, what a beautiful red" and she would layer colors like she would painting. MIJA RIEDEL: Yes, she made absolutely exquisite pots. The other thing that's consistent, I think, with her is the physicality of being able to build that amount of work, and that scale of work. NEIL WILLIAMS: Oh, writers, you know, all kinds of writers, yeah. Some of them were meant to be shooting stars, of course. So it was. There was a little wheel in the back room that nobody worked with, so. NEIL WILLIAMS: I mean, it's just like, when I was taking care of my grandmother, and she had Alzheimer's, and we would go out to lunch and visit and talk. NEIL WILLIAMS: I remember Rena being extremelynot cautious, she was just so patient with Viola. NEIL WILLIAMS: She, of course she talked about seeing them as little round convex canvases. We can talk about that more. And, I'm still stuck in that, that mode. But Viola and I used to banter back and forth a little bit. Some cookies are placed by third party services that appear on our pages. MIJA RIEDEL: Has travel affected your work at all? She'd say these little naive little, NEIL WILLIAMS: "there would just be nothing." He was extremely difficult. MIJA RIEDEL: if not, how would you characterize it? Represent employers and employees in labour disputes, We accept appointments from employers to preside as chairpersons at misconduct tribunals, incapacity tribunals, grievance tribunals and retrenchment proceedings, To earn the respect of the general public, colleagues and peers in our our profession as Labour Attorneys, The greatest reward is the positive change we have the power to bring to the people we interact with in our profession as Labour Attorneys, Website Terms and Conditions |Privacy Policy | Cookie Policy|Sitemap |SA Covid 19 Website, This website uses cookies to improve your experience. I was just a kid. You get these old guard who won't retire whothey get a course cut back in their metal arts program, and they end up teaching ceramics and they're terrible, but they have seniority. Or does it feel like a continuous line mostly? So, hewas really supportive of the arts and creativity. Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Neil Williams, 2014 June 5-6. NEIL WILLIAMS: It's the invisible ground of sympathy that commonizes pauper and noble, is our loneliness. And I realizedhe just told me recently why he pesters me sometimes, and he's like "Neil, I got to see you. NEIL WILLIAMS: She waswhen I first got to Arts and Crafts, she saw that I was very disciplined through will, any scale wasshe was working on me, on surface. 0000030898 00000 n But theyI mean, be able to sit out here in the evenings and occasionally see a peregrine falcon fly by at 150 miles an hour or an eagle. Trainer: Venetia Williams Jockey: Charlie Deutsch. 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. But, in the meantime, I'm content and I'm still making, I think good work for me. Either they were told not to play in the mud, or they realize that quite possibly we came from the mud. I know she read, MIJA RIEDEL: constantly, and she was a huge acquirer of images, but it seemed. NEIL WILLIAMS: But Marjorie was a character. NEIL WILLIAMS:like, get along really well with anyone. He had very strong opinions of where it should go, of course, but sheshe definitely was her own woman, and she was going to make what she wanted to make. He said they were crying and hanging on each other and weeping. They were trying tothey had a healthy rivalry of who discovered which image first, who used it first in which painting. NEIL WILLIAMS: And, as a child, you perceive an object and you react to it; you practice it. NEIL WILLIAMS: Him and his friend Nick Bishop, in a drunken stupor one night, conceived of them as the new county administration offices, because they needed new ones and they were completely inexpensive to build. 0000007465 00000 n She was just using me as a sounding board, of course, a fresh, young eye, whatever it was. Or I gothere's a certain health and comfort and a revitalization of my energy knowing thatI'm doing the right thing for myself and my work and everything's going to okay, as long as I don't stress too much about it. And then, their influence, because Viola, and being around her, looking at art history, falling in love with everyone from Kandinsky to Gorky to Rothko. Betting Forecast 2/1 Aazza, 6/1 Barrier Peaks, Shot Boii, 13/2 Blue Shark, 7/1 Bollin Neil, 11/1 Good Bye, Moveit Like Minnie, 16/1 Leading Force, 20/1 Coillte Eile, Poldark Cross, Revasser, Rocked Up, 33/1 Ailes D'Amour, Chic Avenue, 50/1 MIJA RIEDEL: Right. Maybe if you would walk me through how the work comes about. Sam [Perry] definitely was an angel. NEIL WILLIAMS: Not back then. NEIL WILLIAMS: You know, I paint houses, whatever it takes. She got a real delight over them, but they were bridging the gap between the painting and the sculpture in a sense. It can help to enrich their lives no matter what their major is. NEIL WILLIAMS: So hopefully it's more complimentary and more an essential aspect than it is interruptions or profound experiences that change, evolve or de-evolve the work, or the intent and quality of the work, soif that answers that. It's in the family partnership and it's been a rental on and off since then. NEIL WILLIAMS: I was working with clay. And it was two floors, and hundreds and hundreds of pieces. 0000008348 00000 n NEIL WILLIAMS: and she got them in there. xref NEIL WILLIAMS: Yeah. NEIL WILLIAMS: And the great irony of that and the torment can be for so many artistsI mean, look in human history, or art history, how it's driven them off the deep end. And that can come inartwork can come in a number of different facetshow you live your life, writing, how you influence, impact, socially, your circle; how you are remembered; or it can be through artwork. I don't know if through the Renwick or whatever itI said, "You're kidding? MIJA RIEDEL: Since we're talking about Rena and Dorothy Weiss, why don't we answer these questions about exhibitions, and your relationships with dealers over the years? There's one on the hill behind us here that was also built from the same bricks that was one of Ernest Borgnine's ex-wife's, had assumed. Nah just asking because if it was he has to be a bloody idiot. NEIL WILLIAMS: Yeah. And they were always done in pairs. NEIL WILLIAMS: as a grounding or point of departure, of context. Even though they were colorful and they were kind of drawn and animated and doll-like. [Laughs.] MIJA RIEDEL: Did you grow up in Auburn itself? [. NEIL WILLIAMS: I'm sure she did. 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. The little discards, the little salt and pepper shakers, the little tchotchkes, all of the. MIJA RIEDEL: What did she look for, Neil? 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: I mean, not only going to art school and a new environment and people from all over the worldtrying to encompass that and digest thatart history classes, other classes, MIJA RIEDEL: just while we're on this topic of her working process and you in the studio. MIJA RIEDEL: Now were you the only assistant at the time, Neil? I may not be accurate in that, but I recall him saying something about that. NEIL WILLIAMS: And when it came up, we were lucky enough to get it. Did she encourage you? flowing cadenza Following the retirement of his trainer, he adapted to the change of scenery, finishing with a second at the course and an easy win at Hereford. NEIL WILLIAMS: She wasn't committed to it, but she was gracious enough to encourage me, and help. NEIL WILLIAMS: Yes, because I could play withI could give a point of context or departure, so that no matter what you did, you cut it apart, put it back together, paint it bright colors, take it to any culture, theoretically they would have a common understanding, "Oh, that's a vase, a teapot, a cup and saucer. NEIL WILLIAMS: Way, way far, pushing the envelope. And he'd say, 'Here, Here is the keys to the truck, go get some more clay.'. NEIL WILLIAMS: I think it becameshe stillshe keptstill kept the great detail. So wheels? MIJA RIEDEL: Did she make textiles? And you can keep records on it. NEIL WILLIAMS: And those are the ones that werejust those golden experiences because they werethey completed the circle of experience for an artist. NEIL WILLIAMS:I'm not out there to rile anybody up or anything. And then she would reneg on them, and then she would make them again, and then she woulddepending on how nervous she was about sales or what else was going on andI think she felt that it was one of those things she didn't want to lock herself into. I mean, it would have been great, but it's not important to me. Neil is a thoroughly decent person who won't let you down and a creative without 'the attitude'' that so often comes with such talents. They wanted a number of thethey saw the little cups and saucers that Betty Asher was showing, and they wanted to do a few dozen of those for some resale to raise funds to buy for their permanent collection. NEIL WILLIAMS: [Laughs.] I know that they're getting good, and that's a great feeling. And he was the director of SACOG Council of Governments in Sacramento. 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. So she would get she'd see the image at the flea market, she'd grab it, hoard it, and run it home, and she'd want to make it big immediately. I said, "Yeah, okay, I'll take care of it," or "Yeah, that thing, I'll do, yeah." He's got great stories, too, aboutfunny stories, too. Gambling Help on 1800 858 858 or visit www.gamblinghelponline.org.au. And what was your dad's name? And also the palliative qualities of color context, andit was all very fascinating to me. But I know he really fed her a lot of reinforcement in what she was doing. Good teapots and good cup images are perfectly legitimate. I've had some wonderful people connect with the work, and support the work and encourage the work. Racing and Sports is a Registered Trademark. 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. Again, put yourself in a healthy working space, establish your maximum level of skill, or your maximum, and then work at 98, 95 percent of that. I knew I had to get away from Viola and that environment at a certain point. Brown, oldyou know, '60s work. Viola was trying to claim sheSqueak took the candlestick image from her, and Squeak was, "No, that wasn't my intention; I was just" so Viola came inback in, all fired up. They are altered, deconstructed, or shifted into different sections and reattached. I mean she'd give up anything to make art. And I let her go, and I said "Well," and then she would go, "Oh, so I'm wondering if you could come and unload the kiln and put the Red Woman together so it could be seen." And the exploration of the color and volume and color expansion over a soft curvilinear form. The onesI'm still in touch in with the high school art teacher. NEIL WILLIAMS: and attempting to tell stories. So. 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? That's why I haven't had the solo shows in so long. That [sense of MR] abstraction that really feels like your work. NEIL WILLIAMS: Yeah, some of the people who have come out of that program areit's just silly. Yeah, thank you. NEIL WILLIAMS: And, when he was on his deathbed years ago, I was fortunate enough to go and be able to take, help care for him for a couple of months. I love that scene, "Bring out your dead." So, I mean, I can go five minutes down here and be in beautiful nature surroundings. I mean it was just me and a ladder. NEIL WILLIAMS: And fire there, and glaze there, and learn about glazes. September first? You know, that kind of a thing. ], MIJA RIEDEL: But in the past would that be something that would. My memory is a bit hazy bit i recall going to warwick farm one day. "No, I'm not. We haven't really talked about that. MIJA RIEDEL: And it is fascinating to see. And Viola said, "No way, I wouldn't""There's nothing""Making artwork is the most important thing, that's number one." [END OF TRACK william14_3of3_sd_track01.]. Not. But he gave her a glowing review on Myth Maker Art and Fantasy and he was, she saidoh she came and she was so relieved, I think. I mean, like I was saying, he knew Frank Lloyd Wright to George Rickey toI understand, maybe, I'm not surebut I understand even Gertrude Stein in some of her Oakland years. She was always in it, for her, with all her heart. NEIL WILLIAMS: It's not that I'm not good in that area. NEIL WILLIAMS: so she worked fluidly if we had 10 or a dozen going in molds. All information including race fields and TAB numbers should be checked with an official source. But, to able to approach them as a painter with a brush, and a full pallet of color, I think, was probably one of the most profound impacts she had on me, besides reassuring me that it was okay to do this. We need toyou should go and spend time with this individual, no matter where they are. Neils older brothers, Gary and Lee, became chef and chief barman there. It was the largest sculpture I think ever that year in Europe," or something like that. No. NEIL WILLIAMS: She hadfinishing up the beautiful little, smaller grandmother figures which were my favorite, will all the really nice painting and the fine china paint and lines. And it wasit was almost like she had hunted, killed it, brought it home for display. Bronze, bronze, bronze.". And I said, "Oh yeah, of course, there's a bunch of us going to come up," and luckily a whole bunchbut it was like, "They're going to come too, aren't they? I just hope that when all is said and done that it's, "He made some beautiful things, some nice pieces. MIJA RIEDEL: The ACC fairs, something like that? It's just like their studies. And he said, "A museum down there wants an installation." On Friday 17 July 2009, Tyrone Leonard Williams rode all four winners at the Langholm Racing Association meeting at Castleholm in Langholm, just one of many flapping tracks that the former professional jockey rode at once he'd 'retired' in 2005. Anybody particularly significant to the work? We can send them to wherever school. You're going to pace yourself or do you want to give it all at once? And had a really good eye, and was able toeven though it was a high school setting, talk and articulate advanced concepts of composition, color, and imagery. Doesn't aspire to be spiritually didactic or spiritually motivated, but all I can say is it fills the bill for me on occasion. And yours feels like that to you as well? He was kind of an Ag kid, but had a rare take on reality and visual arts. Do you know the horticulturalist's name? MIJA RIEDEL: And so I'm trying toyour father was an engineer? Just a wonderful guy though. NEIL WILLIAMS: a composition, the clarity of image, the figure groundwork in the paintings and the charcoal, or the pastels. So Viola was starting to get some income and looking for something to do with her money andanother funny story hereand she wanted to castshe cast some little things in bronze. By using this form you agree with the storage and handling of your data by this website. NEIL WILLIAMS: We used to go out every Saturday to theor, every other Saturday to the Alameda Flea Market, where she collected all her littleher little images from a lot of. Pretty simple. Two hours, I'd be in the ocean, two hours I'd be in the mountains, in the Redwoods, and two hours in being in one of the most beautiful cities in the world, in San Francisco. Anything you woke up thinking about when the owl woke you up at about two o'clock in the morning? He said, "I'm going on the plane to go to Rio." Net Worth in 2020. So, she had a full palette of color to work with. You know, "What do you think?" NEIL WILLIAMS: I think it goes back to, is it a fuel for life or not? NEIL WILLIAMS: Oh yes. NEIL WILLIAMS: I don't know. NEIL WILLIAMS: I've always been able to make and sell good pots. So yeah, there's hours and hours and hours of carving, sanding and painting on each piece. I don't know, like, as far as, "Oh, my gosh, I'm going to be on a schedule now, then, and I have to maintain this." NEIL WILLIAMS: I could have gone either way. Other than Viola, of course. The idea that whatever ailed you one side, if you were to pass through there in thoughtin a way, on the other side, you would come out refreshed and rejuvenated. You'll have a good life. Interviewee Neil Williams (1959- ) is an artist from Auburn, California. Toby Covich and I see each other all the time. You know, they can do all of the mental masturbation or mental gymnastics on that one. NEIL WILLIAMS: She admitted she would go nuts if she was just isolated in her studio full-time, if she didn't have that contact. . Manuel Neri? . . I mean, Viola didn't necessarily go off on abstract tangents that were required a lot of slick verbiage to flush it out. [Affirmative.] So, he filled the word in her life, and she filled the visuals in his. It was a nice little fit for me, because it was able to keep it alive and interesting, and keep the sharks swimming forward, so to speak. [Affirmative.] MIJA RIEDEL: Different people have described that relationship in different ways. So she was very competitive, NEIL WILLIAMS: and competitive with other female artists too. Do a four-week summer workshop. And so she encouraged surface which, so the early ones, were very textual, very tactile. She was reallybutand Viola was the superstar of her gallery. NEIL WILLIAMS: I like that; we got a kick out of that. NEIL WILLIAMS: On to visuals. She's not a there's no excuses not to be successful, not to do your work. NEIL WILLIAMS: And so I didn't know when I was getting out of high school, I wasn't sure what to do, and I ended upthey gave me scholarships to go to Arts and Crafts. 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. That's helpful. Great thinker, great under pressure, thoroughly recommend you work with Neil. You end upwhy would we resolve it, tied all up in a neat little bow? And they said, "Ah, I've decided I'm going to be a painter." You know, it's like, "Personal experience!" And they always seem to have their rewards. And, a way to maybe find an area that she could put somereinvest some of her sales into. NEIL WILLIAMS: Other than that justlike you'd mentioned last night, earlieror about the second day talking, and feeling more comfortable about what to say and how to say it. Differences? NEIL WILLIAMS: So, she sacrificed a lot to be able to do her work butso. And it's just like dealing with any person's life, if they're elderly or if they're passing young. 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. Cutting can disintegrate. There was something not aswasn't as detail-concentrated. MIJA RIEDEL: This is Mija Riedel with Neil Williams in the artist's home and studio in Auburn, CA on June 5, 2014 for the Smithsonian Archives of American Art, card number one. 0000003975 00000 n He went to give some beautiful, huge Alechinsky paintingsoh, just masterpieces; 10-by-30-foot, 10-by-20-foot, extraordinary. Afterthoughts? And they would go off in otherall kinds of different directions, andI remember one exercise, she had us do in a student environment, was making a still-life; bringing objects in; making a still-life, drawing it, then sculpting it in clay, and then photographing it, so that you had that experience of two, three-dimensional and building a still-lifecontemplatingresourcing and contemplating the image, and then picking it apart, putting it back together.

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