You were with her during both the Crocker retrospective in '81 and the Whitney exhibition in '84? This site is maintained by Racing and Sports Pty Ltd (ABN 093 360 108) ("R&S"). Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Neil Williams, 2014 June 5-6. WebThis is Aalto. "Neil is a great person to work with on every level. For over 20 years, I havebeencreating award-winning integrated campaigns for some of the worlds leading brands. Unclassified cookies are cookies that we are in the process of classifying, together with the providers of individual cookies. So she was very competitive, NEIL WILLIAMS: and competitive with other female artists too. It's not ephemeralit worked in a very. They were on the outs. "No." Because everyone was doing brown. NEIL WILLIAMS: There's a certainnot that I want to take anybody's breath awaybut there's a certainwhen you're making it even, there's a certain gasp or a certain vibrancy I think there. A year after that, the two were married in the Salt Lake Temple, now almost 48 years ago. Curved line, you've got figurative and intuition and emotion. . Not to worry. MIJA RIEDEL: Okay. And it doesn't bother me. And she bought most of them and took them home with her. She's standing on the closet door and surrounding her on all the shelves are hundreds and hundreds of these little figurines. The students loved them and they're getting results and. So, NEIL WILLIAMS: Yeah. NEIL WILLIAMS: And she started to eventually, but she thought, "Oh my gosh, they're going to go around me and sell," and so it was ironic because, 20-something years later, I would meet somebody like Sandy Besser in Santa Fe, who donated the work to the de Young Museum, or someone would say, " Oh gosh, I've been buying your work for 26 years." I mean he was a nasty critic; he just ripped people to shreds. And for some reason, when she passed away, Sheri scampered over to the people who inherited her estate and said, "Look, is there any way we could get Neil?" NEIL WILLIAMS: Artists always get into trouble or lose out on them unless they're special. NEIL WILLIAMS: I always thought they had this beautiful bittersweetness to them. But, so as far as fitting into the bigger picture of the art world, the American art market, American art world, I justit's pretty simple. It was mass and volume questions, and dichotomies there. ", "Great member of the creative department, would highly recommend him, can write copy until his hands bleed and then some. You have to give it all, and then you have to immediately let go of it. Students gather in the Marriott Center in Provo, Utah, for the weekly devotional featuring Elder Neil L. Andersen of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023. And Elmer was a fantastic painter but heit was real interesting because I was really young and didn't know a lot, but I knew he was an important painter, professor at U.C. It's like, "Oh god, Viola." It fulfilledspiritually, it fulfilled self-respect. She actually kind of stalked it, but. 0000114283 00000 n It would take years to make a little jump in progress, it seemed like. NEIL WILLIAMS: So there is a key, there is a keyhole shape between them, especially in the black that was real important. In their scalein terms of their scale alone, yeah. MIJA RIEDEL: It's interesting since we've talked briefly and we'll talk quite a bit more about this going back and forth between two and 3D. We have estimated Neil Williamss net worth, money, salary, income, and assets. There might be an analogy for that, that. 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.. 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. NEIL WILLIAMS: Because she wassometimes it was hard for her to communicate with people or with students. [Affirmative.] And it's like, Wayne Thiebaud said, in one of his great lectures, he says, "All right, it's never going to turn out like you pictured, and you're never going to be completely satisfied. NEIL WILLIAMS: with their own work. He's got great stories, too, aboutfunny stories, too. And clay was a great conductor, medium for that, because like I said, you touch it, it demands a certain sincerity and honesty to it. So, he came up and started work and my mother stayed down there because apparently it was a little less expensive, sobut, grew up in this area. NEIL WILLIAMS: And what was the last word he said when he sat up? They were work, but it was the idea of making a column that washad a little figurative feel to it. And I said "My mother never drew a nude." NEIL WILLIAMS: You know, it wasit seemed like a really good fit. . His tangents were always really fascinating to me, when he would go off onand then, he would just run out of gas and say, "There; I'm done. NEIL WILLIAMS: I mean, one of the stories about Viola. But not to be too simplistic. Not that I needed to be satisfied from a good book or a good viewing of a painting or a sculpture. I like the challenges, and they don't fall apart becauseagain, art's about experience, and they're based on all of the many, many, many pieces that have fallen apart. Like, he would earlier talk about you becoming a writer more so than a clay person because it wasit was essential to life's calling and consciousness. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. ], NEIL WILLIAMS: "might want toshe looks awful mean. MIJA RIEDEL: So [. But they clustered them, so they morphed together and they were honeycombed together, in multiple, NEIL WILLIAMS: In Auburn, yeah. NEIL WILLIAMS: But isn't that the case with so many great artists in history? So, I mean, I can go five minutes down here and be in beautiful nature surroundings. NEIL WILLIAMS: Just show it, just slow down and to enjoy the experience, consistent squeezing, andhaving some intent. NEIL WILLIAMS: So these kinds of things came out of 1974. He said he knew that he would survive going to Vietnam, he had no doubt. She would especially giggle and laugh if she was nervous, you know, nervous in company, or, nervous in front of a collector or nervous in front ofshe would giggle and laugh. Framework To STOP Financial Fraud, Internal Theft, Data MIJA RIEDEL: There are a couple of columns, vase columns that we looked at that were, what, 12 feet tall, MIJA RIEDEL: from the late '90's. There's a quote, a little funny quote. She was very patient and shesized people up and, as far as what would be the best fit for Viola. NEIL WILLIAMS: I have no idea how it went. I mean, he's the one who talked about diachronic and synchronic time. NEIL WILLIAMS: Similarities was a consistency of all figure workfigurative work, the male and female roles. MIJA RIEDEL: Mm-hmm. They're quietly sneaking in the back door of some really nice places.". WebNeil Chalmers was born in Oxford on September 25, 1980, the son of Andy Chalmers, who ran The Lamb pub in Wantage. There was no issue there, and shewas a very good person, and. NEIL WILLIAMS: So, I do a variety of other things. Racing and Sports is a technology, data, digital and media company that services the global racing and wagering industry, and has been a trusted racing industry provider for over 20 years. NEIL WILLIAMS: Yeah. And insights ofhow the mind works, how the creative mind worksyou know, how the primitive mind works in relation to creativity. Iat a certain point, I just accepted the fact that I am going to have to do that accept of it all, in order to survive. That was from when she was studies at U.C. Amazing early 70she's African-American and Creek Indian, so he's a Buffalo Soldier. 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. [Affirmative. So they're just straight-line cuts all the way down, in thirds. IT consultant, Scout Leader, climber and traveller (or something like that) Milton Keynes Joined April 2009. The camelyou know, all those little figurines, they were wanting to explore, like she said, small figurines on a colossal, larger-than-life-size scale. A natural presenter and storyteller, Neil is a great client-facing guy and clients love him. NEIL WILLIAMS: She sawI think that she had some things going, and she saw that I hadI mean I was strong then. NEIL WILLIAMS: Passed away in '06, and a childhood friend and went to the local high school. NEIL WILLIAMS: You can drive yourself nuts and. NEIL WILLIAMS: And I thought that that was a great example of what could drive an artist to greatness and to madness. NEIL WILLIAMS: Loughlin, Noel. So there was a. But there was maybe 800 people there, students there, and they were from everywhere. NEIL WILLIAMS: A few photos to get in, but, you know, and then they were lettingand then when I was there, they weren't screening their graduate programs very heavily, but. "You get here and we make a few things and I'm completely smoothed out." MIJA RIEDEL: Now were you the only assistant at the time, Neil? The gallery washe was going to do sales and donate it towards the Shanti Center or to hospices, or to Bates' Hospices, or to the arts down there where he was. MIJA RIEDEL: What was significant about Mario? Access to the entire audio recording is restricted. NEIL WILLIAMS: So we fired all the kilnsI fired all the kilns in the summers, they were gas kilns. 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. NEIL WILLIAMS: All the time. But on one-on-one, he was magnificent. 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. Before they went to just color field, and more of a wash water color block of areas of color. And so I don't know where it came fromhis Buffalo Soldier, you know, his Native American, Indian, or just his spirituality of knowing that he was there for a higher calling orbut really unique guy, real interesting. NEIL WILLIAMS: And he's always been reallyhe's always been there. NEIL WILLIAMS: directly. And he had experience in Japan. NEIL WILLIAMS: And the redwood beams that were from the old timbers, which thank God they don't cut down anymore, they're protected. NEIL WILLIAMS: She might not want to have admitted it, you know. I wanted to touch on those today. And it was two floors, and hundreds and hundreds of pieces. But I hope there's somethere's always, to me, some areas that need work. longest barstool employees; nchsaa track and But, inspirational, sure. Do you have anything more to say about that? [Affirmative.] This information is provided for entertainment purposes only. NEIL WILLIAMS: because it brought in painting and color concerns, which I had no experience in. "Having a solo show. NEIL WILLIAMS: But it was hard work, because she worked so hard. They were on the back burner or no burner at all. MIJA RIEDEL: So you started in the summer? It shifted, I noticed, when she graduated to the big overblown men. And will be dearly missed by family, friends, and everyone. Butit wasa very different relationship. Agree Sporty, what a loss N Williams was mate, when he was riding IN Brissy. And she was talking about it and trying to talk about samples of other students' work and Viola had a realshe was veryfragmented in her approach toand like I said, and I'll say again, at her memorial service, I said, "If we""If I don't"the first thing I had to say, "If I can't get through this, or I speak in incomplete sentences, it's because Viola did, too, and we used to love to fill infinish each other's sentences, and fill in the blanks." How can you ever live up to doing anything to honor all this past great art history? So, I think I gravitated towards vessel-making, and connected with it immediately, and it's certainly evolved to other things, NEIL WILLIAMS: but it gave me a discipline, and it gave me sense of accomplishment and self-respect, I think, that was healthy and, NEIL WILLIAMS: it made me realize that it was possible to pursue this. All information including race fields and TAB numbers should be checked with an official source. [Affirmative.] [Affirmative.] Create your account , it takes less than a minute, Dont let the game play you; gamble responsibly. He went through and he critiqued everything and he said, "Now, tear it up." 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. make sure the graphviz executables are on your systems' path. startxref A little bit of contact there. 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. So, they supported the cost of larger pieces, and then big pairs of columns and such, and we're back to the little cup and saucer again. NEIL WILLIAMS: Yeah. And it's just like dealing with any person's life, if they're elderly or if they're passing young. 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. Consistent need to tell a story with a number of images that keepkept repeating throughout. NEIL WILLIAMS: And, for some reason, it attracted a number of groups of artists, writers, dancers, visual artists, and it's got that special open energy of that. NEIL WILLIAMS: Just humiliate them, ridicule them until they get it. NEIL WILLIAMS: I certainly could find that for you and supplement, but I do notI. Go to a museum show and say, "Oh, my God. NEIL WILLIAMS: Because she wasshe sold like crazy, and everyone liked her. NEIL WILLIAMS: Yeah. And your mother? And yours feels like that to you as well? It's just, you say, "All right, let's make it workable or manageable," and you find those small golden moments in the course of a day or an experience with someone thatit's like my brother, one of my brothers was a real talented guy. NEIL WILLIAMS: And he was a battlefield medic in Vietnam, and he's got this amazing aura about him. That's the hardest part. MIJA RIEDEL: Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. I just hope that when all is said and done that it's, "He made some beautiful things, some nice pieces. I remember, was it Rodin talking about taking the cube of marble and liberating the sphere inside of it. Andyeah, I mean, even De Kooning had Alzheimer's. So, it's a painting in the round, and thenlike I said earlierit was five years to get the front side, another five years to work on the back side, and still working on all the transitional sides. And so, I detached from trying to identify how I fit in that. And thank God we have critics and writers to fill in the gaps for us. And he looked, and he said, "Excuse me?" So, survival and celebration, it might sound banal or, you knowhope it doesn't sound flippant, but it'sI think it's pretty simple. NEIL WILLIAMS: But its mainit kept the vessel alive and interesting for me. NEIL WILLIAMS: that surrounds all of us, thatI mean, to me, I see the vital energy as, in context of Viola's work, it'sand why I like color so much, and her impact on me, is thatto me, it's the vital energy. MIJA RIEDEL: We didn't talk at all, yesterday [. Like I said, he was older, did a lot of her reading and herwriting for her, and was the premier voice behind her of how good she was and how great her work is, and going to be. 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. Oh, it's a great little photo. MIJA RIEDEL: You were mentioning a younger friend who has been a significant part. 0000020598 00000 n Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. 0 He was extremely difficult. Well, we'll see. It's like, "Oh, my God, what about the next book?" Required fields are marked *. Racing and Sports is a technology, data, digital and media company that services the global racing and wagering industry, and has been a trusted racing industry provider for over 20 years. [Laughs.] And I look at the work and I just shake my head, because I know what went into that work. MIJA RIEDEL: Who gave you the bag of clay? Everyone else was these little old ladies, still life flower painters who wanted to just take this little workshop with this painter, and he said Thiebaud had worked him to death. MIJA RIEDEL: This is not when it's green, right, though, this is after it's been bisqued? MIJA RIEDEL: Okay. NEIL WILLIAMS: She just took onshe expanded the meaning, but as far as her liking to be around and findingfamilies, so to speak, in a clay environment. You have to understand thermo-dynamics. They're one in a million, in the arts. And then Charles would say, "Well, why would you want to make it big?" The good, the bad, and the ugly. NEIL WILLIAMS: And there was stuff that got taken out of the backyard and just dumped up there that I hadn't worked with. I mean, some of the stuff, I mean way back, in every culture. It's work, and artists always consider their stuff work. So, it's been good. 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