I mean, she wasso nice to me and sobecause the vessel wasn't her thing really. Please join us to mourn the passing of Neil Williams. So, thank God somebody is trying to document it all. For over 20 years, I havebeencreating award-winning integrated campaigns for some of the worlds leading brands. Like I said, it took five years to get the frontal side to look reasonably composed. I rememberimages were very personal to her, of course, and it made sense because she was in a panel once, a discussion panel at NCECA [National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts]. About your work? But not so much art books. By using this form you agree with the storage and handling of your data by this website. NEIL WILLIAMS: But I knew the father did, too, but I thought it went back to the grandparents, too. Basic survival stuff. MIJA RIEDEL: Before we get to Arts and Crafts, though, I thought we could just spend a little more time here in Auburn. Tanya Reid Obituary Death: Tanya Reid Cause Of Death, Cleverley Stone Obituary Death: Cleverley StoneCause Of Death. NEIL WILLIAMS: Oh my God, right herethat's a whole other disc I think. 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. Toby and. When they set up a little, they're cut to draw reference to a canvas. NEIL WILLIAMS: And there was the famous candlestick incident, where [Laughs.] The endowment gives us more clarity to the difficulties and the temptations before us. NEIL WILLIAMS: Itmaybe demands might be a little bit too critical. NEIL WILLIAMS: I saw what she was doing, and I got a sense quickly of her rhythm and how she produced groups and clusters of work. This interview is part of the Archives of American Art's Viola Frey Oral History Project. She was reallybutand Viola was the superstar of her gallery. NEIL WILLIAMS: in order to take in to battle, in the field of painting and sculpture. She was just, like, gushing over it. NEIL WILLIAMS: So, she sacrificed a lot to be able to do her work butso. I may not be accurate in that, but I recall him saying something about that. NEIL WILLIAMS: No, I'm justgood at that. NEIL WILLIAMS: and it was built by a horticulture professor at U.C. MIJA RIEDEL: Mm-hmm. WebMichele Marie MacNeill, ne Somers, was an American homemaker and model. MIJA RIEDEL: We were talking about episodes or periods of work. She tried to fill an area that nobody else was filling, and she did it well. But, it was nice that she said, "It's okay to do that, it's okay to stay in a vessel image. MIJA RIEDEL: Mm-hmm. NEIL WILLIAMS: And you also have to find a spot where you know what you're doing is right. Anything you woke up thinking about when the owl woke you up at about two o'clock in the morning? NEIL WILLIAMS: I wasViola was just coming out ofViola was getting very pressed to get work out and around and she really needed help and, NEIL WILLIAMS: there wasn't anyone else near her that I saw or, I don't think that Charles saw, that could jump in there andfirst of all figure her out, what she wanted. I said, "You're kidding me?" NEIL WILLIAMS: Oh, they wanted a limited edition. NEIL WILLIAMS: And luckily I wentgot connected with her, and not some other instructor at the time who could have impacted it elsewhere, because they would have said, "Ah"so many of them would say, "Ah, the vessel. She loves testing situations, and may have more to offer. NEIL WILLIAMS: I thought so, too. NEIL WILLIAMS: You know, like I said, we all perceive the same object differently, so. NEIL WILLIAMS: Some functional, sculptural. Because I had been back up here, but I would go back to help. 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. So straight line, you've got analytics and rational architecture and structure. 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. NEIL WILLIAMS: Varying heights. And, I'm still stuck in that, that mode. And it was very celebratory. 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. And people were looking in and were discovering what a powerhouse of knowledgenot only just a clay person but a painter, and an artist she was. So that's whatyou know, you stay in complete embrace with it, you make something, paint something, you spill your soul to it, whatever it takes, and then you have to let go. NEIL WILLIAMS: No, they didn't have them then. Web[Biographical cuttings on Neil Williams, jockey, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals] Get this Comments (0) Librarian's View Copyright Status Online 0 0000112045 00000 n 0000004841 00000 n 0000001196 00000 n All information including race fields and TAB NEIL WILLIAMS: The earlier ones, Ithe Mystery Man Series, and then the additions she did for Crocker for her retrospective, NEIL WILLIAMS: was a funny story about those plates. I love the ocean connections, but then I love desert connections, soand mountain connections. And it's I don't know howI mean, that dichotomy and thatthat dance is still going on, and, MIJA RIEDEL: And I'm sure there are people who would disagree with that heartily, but it's interesting, NEIL WILLIAMS: Well, I hope so, but what is interesting is that it asks those questions. If the Savior has not returned, how will you keep the flame of your faith burning brightly for the next five decades?. MIJA RIEDEL: Which is nowhere near so little. She was just sitting in the wheelchair, "No, I'm not going to.". MR] the work feel like a long thread of continuity, a long series of theme and variation? Uh-huh. NEIL WILLIAMS: He said it was hysterical. 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? NEIL WILLIAMS: And there also reached the point where Lee was saying, "You know, Elmer, these new paintings areas long as Elmer loves them." Even though they were colorful and they were kind of drawn and animated and doll-like. How I see myself fit in all of that? NEIL WILLIAMS: And, she's got a great level of appreciation for arts, and she's been really, really good, reallyshe's tough though, too. 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. I don't know, I justsomewhere, I'll get connected with somebody who will help in that area eventually, again. But his name is Tex Heinz. He said he knew that he would survive going to Vietnam, he had no doubt. In the temple we quietly ponder why we are here upon the earth and the power and glory of our Savior in making our return to our Heavenly Father possible, Elder Andersen said. And she was giggling all the time about stuff, yeah. They were letting you know how magnificent your full-sized ashtray was." NEIL WILLIAMS: And I think that's also whatand the discipline was there, and I think that also what helpedin the future when we talk about Viola, why she connected with me, and why I connected with her and why she was immediately "Would you come help me and work with me? Size: 5 sound files (4 hr., 9 min. NEIL WILLIAMS: And, as a child, you perceive an object and you react to it; you practice it. Viola was a very asexual person. I said, "What is that?" NEIL WILLIAMS: I don't know. But I also think that the pressure to produce and the pressure to produce large monumental-scale pieces, colossal pieceswhen everyone was around her saying, "Oh my gosh. She had a very infectious giggle. Do a four-week summer workshop. NEIL WILLIAMS: And the redwood beams that were from the old timbers, which thank God they don't cut down anymore, they're protected. And he says, "Hey, I never believed them when they told me how bad I was. NEIL WILLIAMS: I mean, we all have them but, multiple death, suicides, whatever. [Laughs.] Well, we've done a good job of covering these questions. His first win Neils older brothers, Gary and Lee, became chef and chief barman there. I do. Right. And, a way to maybe find an area that she could put somereinvest some of her sales into. 0000030898 00000 n NEIL WILLIAMS: Other dealers were okay to deal with. NEIL WILLIAMS: And that makes sense to me, too. Gosh. NEIL WILLIAMS: This area is rich in history. There were built-in walls together with pieces of plastic. It's in the family partnership and it's been a rental on and off since then. What do I do now? Depends on the instructor. They're nothing if not curvilinear. We were going to continue the conversation about community with a couple other friends. And he Fed Exes a check for 10 grand overnight to me and scribbles on the back of the envelope, "Make me something beautiful when you get time." MR]. Thanks for the heads up." It was maybe a dozen or 15 of them. [Laughs.] Some of them reminded me of Hieronymus Bosch for some reason. I never saw that it was an effort to work outthe dark side or her dark past, whatever it might have been. MIJA RIEDEL: You said something yesterday that I want to go back and revisit briefly. trailer But that wasn't my interest. Or should I change that?" Behind him are BYU students who shared testimonies and experiences during his address. NEIL WILLIAMS: And the other profound things he would say, like, "You know, all ofall of art and all of the way that [we] identify the world around us can be divided into two categories: straight line and curved line." Only with an eternal perspective of Gods great plan of happiness can we ever find a more excellent hope. Racing and Sports is a Registered Trademark. And then you practice. MIJA RIEDEL: Had you see Paulus Berensohn's book Finding One's Way with Clay? So, looking back, it's been refreshing, so, thank you. NEIL WILLIAMS: Loughlin, Noel. MIJA RIEDEL: Did you ever have that kind of experience? So that was one of those round-about stories. It's not broken up by vertical throwing lines. But luckily, she got that, and insteadso she saw where I needed to be challenged, and. Her corrections and emendations appear below in brackets with initials. MIJA RIEDEL: Now, would you walk us through her working process, and if it changed over time, or if it stayed fairly constant? But didn't pursue it herself. NEIL WILLIAMS: Sure. She gave that to me as aalsoher students, as a way of unlocking experiences andpersonal experiences. So, if that gets into a spiritual phenomenon, then that makes sense to me. You know, and I knew Rena was fascinated by her, and intrigued by her because she told me onceshe said that it was so interesting to look back when she was younger and to see how different her and Viola's lives where. NEIL WILLIAMS: So, those kinds of things, and mysteries, you know, I like mysteries. But, in the meantime, I'm content and I'm still making, I think good work for me. MIJA RIEDEL: It's so funny because Rena just told the story very similar to that, it was the same conversation, Shaw and Arneson, I can't remember who she thought made the comment. And those were very inspirational. MIJA RIEDEL: And it is fascinating to see. That's got to be true. He didn't deserve it. Because I know the dad had a huge collection of junk, too. If you feel your faith diminishing, pray more sincerely and more frequently, he said. MIJA RIEDEL: Oh, no. 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. Seated on the stage with Elder Andersen during the devotional were his wife, Sister Kathy Andersen, and several BYU students who contributed personal examples and testimonies of principles discussed throughout his address. MIJA RIEDEL: So this must have been early on, before she had. MIJA RIEDEL: What we're hoping for are your candid thoughts and memories of your experience. [Affirmative.] MIJA RIEDEL: Or a challenge, because it brings the work into a different perspective. 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. And Viola finally just said, "Let's play with clay", MIJA RIEDEL: and took out the clay, and they all just sat there at the kitchen table, MIJA RIEDEL: working with clay. But before she passed away, she kept talking about "I have one of Neil's mother's drawings. Some cookies are placed by third party services that appear on our pages. This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators. Any agency would be lucky to have him. 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. NEIL WILLIAMS: There's choices. That has happened. NEIL WILLIAMS: And so I was the youngest. Andbut he was a mad cobbler because he was a shoeleather and shoe smith, and we'd call him the mad cobbler. ", NEIL WILLIAMS: But it's an intoxicant, like we had talked about it. Who do you complain to? MIJA RIEDEL: How extraordinary. You [said MR] Viola talked in fragments, and it seems almost thought in fragments, and that you also, in working with her, were able to do that and would finish, almost finish, each other's sentences. It's primordial, it's playful. Just like, "I'm in my studio and life is good." 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. I don't know. MIJA RIEDEL: Not to digress, but a quick question: when I look at your work, I'm shocked that it doesn't crack in the firing process. NEIL WILLIAMS: Just humiliate them, ridicule them until they get it. Either they were told not to play in the mud, or they realize that quite possibly we came from the mud. NEIL WILLIAMS: There's galleries that are rare and unique and have majesty to them. Toby was a student of Arneson's, and went on to teach ceramics forjust retiring, 37 years at the local high school. Not. Maybe starting with the plates. There's a quote, a little funny quote. Berkeley, and I knew his figure work from around the Diebenkorn years and all. MIJA RIEDEL: So, it wasn't even consignment? NEIL WILLIAMS: So, I stay in touch with people who I know give a damn, and for the right reasons. WebThis is Aalto. there's an administration aspect to orchestrating all of that. MIJA RIEDEL: They were together when you became her assistant? MIJA RIEDEL: Mm-hmm. He was like the only painter from an art background. NEIL WILLIAMS: It was elusive; it was not subtle. NEIL WILLIAMS: And I wanted to keepso the compulsion was there. But it was one of the most unique, unusual pairings of couples I've ever seen. And itand then something got softer about it, I thought. It's like, "Oh god, Viola." She got a real delight over them, but they were bridging the gap between the painting and the sculpture in a sense. "Iain Webster - Executive DirectorInterbrand, "Neil is a great person to work with on every level. But she'd alsowe're doing these bricoleur, these junk pieces out of the cast molds, that I thought were absolutely fascinating. Go to a museum show and say, "Oh, my God. Well, we'll see. Neil Williamsalways brought light to every room entered. NEIL WILLIAMS: I think that's probably one of the reasons I've kind of like retreated. MIJA RIEDEL: You don't have to go anywhere to view beautiful nature surroundings. And it'sI don't run around feeling proud of it, but I guess I am. Nothing. Mario Ferrante was there at the time, and he had even kind of taken over, filled a really important role as kind of a surrogate father to me, because my own was MIA though, he was very detached. Your childhood friend, finding him face down in his living room. MIJA RIEDEL: Both. You're just mocking me, Viola.". NEIL WILLIAMS: or at least proposes thosesuggests those. MIJA RIEDEL: I have to leave that for a heartbeat. NEIL WILLIAMS: Artists always get into trouble or lose out on them unless they're special. NEIL WILLIAMS: There's a very heartwarming story about her, about her vulnerability, too. NEIL WILLIAMS: In their work, and inalso, in them as human beings. NEIL WILLIAMS: It changed their lives, and they probably still talked about it and thought about that every time they picked up a brush. So she got the the words and thedescriptors with it. Remember, there is a power that can cause those things to happen that need to happen, and that power comes from your faith in Jesus Christ., As an Apostle of the Lord, Elder Andersen blessed students to feel the Saviors hands reaching out as they reach out to Him. MIJA RIEDEL: Has travel affected your work at all? MIJA RIEDEL: Well, tell it now, if you like? 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? [Laughs.] 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. Parents owned the local feed store. And he washe had a creative streak, so he said something about, 'I have some clay, and why don't you work with this?" So, some of the other galleries wereI mean, they were okay to deal with. NEIL WILLIAMS: I still am physically, but back then, she got an incredible amount of physical labor out of me, and it worked really well for her, because I was learning so much. MIJA RIEDEL: Who or what would you describe as the significant influences on your work? Drawing and painting, I just wasn't connecting with. He says, "No, I'll show you when I get back." NEIL WILLIAMS: I haven't doubted it since, but I've had moments of, you know, 'what the hell am I doing,' but at the same time I've always known that's what I was going to do. 0000054048 00000 n NEIL WILLIAMS: I mean, one of the stories about Viola. [Affirmative.] So city has the city manager. Until '85? The website cannot function properly without these cookies. She said, "You got to be making things you love to look at. 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. And she hadof course, she said "ideas are 10 years ahead of execution sometimes," and shewas jumping ahead, and then jumping back and, NEIL WILLIAMS: you know. MIJA RIEDEL: Mm-hmm. I've always had a fondness for him. NEIL WILLIAMS: And I think one of the greatit's very unusual I think for a dealer in that it wasn't about Rena. And, like I say, thrown, but I get them off the wheel as soon as possible to reshape and rework them. So. [Affirmative.] NEIL WILLIAMS: That'syeah that's just it. NEIL WILLIAMS: I've always been able to make and sell good pots. NEIL WILLIAMS: And they were brushable and theyto her, they acted like paints. 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. NEIL WILLIAMS: Oh, isn't thatI mean, isn't thatcommon with all of us? NEIL WILLIAMS: But I especially remember her being very patient, very thoughtful, very generous, but also very caring about Violathe bigger picture of Viola's life. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers. Consistent need to tell a story with a number of images that keepkept repeating throughout. I almost have many times in life, but I'm not going to. Her Oakland retrospective was getting reviewed by Thomas Albright at the time, and he could be a realI mean he could be a nasty reviewer [Laughs.]. . 0000002946 00000 n NEIL WILLIAMS: She felt that was a way to start unlocking that and getting things to start flowing and coming out. In other words, conceiving it as a surface for painting. He said, "Cezanne's apples on the table have always done that for me. 0000004841 00000 n MIJA RIEDEL: Mm-hmm. Neil Williams was a top jockey, I remember him winning premierships in Brisbane, was the top rider there. NEIL WILLIAMS: Remember him? As it stands now, I remember one beautiful oneas it stands now, this backyard is as good as you will see in any premiere gallery in the country. There were some reallya lot of good moments. Berkley? NEIL WILLIAMS: No, uh-uh. It's getting harder and harder to find the energy, when you have the time, to make quality work. I never worried about it working on a spiritual level, because if it does that for somebody else, like we talked about the apples on a table, that's great. I remember the first day I was there, I met a woman from Beirut. I got to back out and work for her, orbut he washe was ahe was a treat. Please if you have any form of concern, suggestions, or query as regards this publication, kindly contact us. Amazing little quotes, you never know what's going to come out of his mouth [Laughs.]. I went, I mean Iit was high marks all through school. Myfather was a naval intelligence officer, anti-submarine warfare, and was always involved in localhe was county supervisor, welfare director. Mrs. Tremble. I just wanted a couple of specifics. 0000116276 00000 n NEIL WILLIAMS: And show sheand I knew there was something extremely special, and I didn't have an art background. MIJA RIEDEL: Did you work in slabs and flat clay pieces as well? I mean there'sI never wasI've left all of the heavy softcore and hardcore conceptual work for the big boys and girls. In all of her work, I never saw an areaeven in the Mystery Man series or the series she did when she got robbed at gunpoint and did some little figures based on that. I would relish the opportunity of working with Neil in the future. NEIL WILLIAMS: But I guess she had to go with it. MIJA RIEDEL: It feels like that to me, too. MIJA RIEDEL: Okay. And she would start in on a certain story or a certain thing, and then it would jump to something else, and I would be able tobecause we had work to do. They can bebut then you can get guys in high school that can send kids, artists, students well off into significant careers. And like I said, she was a hoarder of imagesI think Squeak once even called her the Mother of All Images. And it showed up on my birthday, and this was from 1947, and it's like "I didn't even know they were having full nudes, let alone African American nudes, in drawing classes at U.C. I'm not dead yet. I enjoy going out. NEIL WILLIAMS: And Rena was being very encouraging too, so I thought, "Okay, I'll just go with it for a while. [. But those two especially made me feel very comfortable, NEIL WILLIAMS: and very appreciated, and it really helped to validate that I was on the right track with my work. It's water-polished to reseal the surface so that it's like gessoing or priming a canvas. Berkley in '47-'48, in art. NEIL WILLIAMS: Someone else installed it. From straight-line stuff in 1980 or '83horizontal, vertical, and cut in thirds and large planes of colorto diagonal and feathering and curvilinear, which they tooka long time to get to. MIJA RIEDEL: Was there a sense of humor or spirit of playfulness in her work? MIJA RIEDEL: I've heard people say that there was a deep love between them, a deep respect. She always was in it. He knew what he had to do. And he said, "A museum down there wants an installation." I constantly check occasionally for amusement, self-amusement. NEIL WILLIAMS: That's what I meant about speaking in incomplete sentences, and then realizing instinctively what she wanted and what she needed help with. . NEIL WILLIAMS: but in between there was just aI justI was never motivated to pursue the solo shows. NEIL WILLIAMS: No, certainly seeing the great European work. NEIL WILLIAMS: Yeah, I can throw very well. But it's, again, trying to embrace that 10 percent magic. But I knew, just to see the magnificence of color and form, that there was something very special going on here. NEIL WILLIAMS: And I thought that that was a great example of what could drive an artist to greatness and to madness. I regret nothing. And the magic of making something from nothing but a ball of mud became veryentrancing and enlightening, and there's a certain nurturing aspect about it. "It's virtually impossible to write about an ism when you're in the middle of it. And, NEIL WILLIAMS: Right. MIJA RIEDEL: So there is some level of functional work that has helped fuel the. And it wasit was almost like she had hunted, killed it, brought it home for display. NEIL WILLIAMS: They becameno, they were in sections. N-O-E-L, L-O-U-G-H-L-I-N. NEIL WILLIAMS: It's been 40, 40-plus-year friendship. 0000003606 00000 n MIJA RIEDEL: Interesting. She was just fantastic. NEIL WILLIAMS: and afterwards, she didn't pursue that. She had started doing the big men. So we just said, enough. And smart, because you get the best out of an artist that way. NEIL WILLIAMS: Well, it was in herin relation to how she loved being around students, and how it filled a kind of a void for her. Yeah. Preference cookies enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are in. She thought that if more of them had this simple little formula, this simple little exercise might have helped in another crisis period in time that so many artists, I meanRothko, Van Gogh, Gorkywe lost all of them in a certain period of time, when they reach that crisis period. 0000005718 00000 n 0000114283 00000 n But he did it elsewhere. A presentation of a bouquet of flowers is a special way of showing youre thinking of them and their loss, as the bright colours reflect the personality of the passed loved one. NEIL WILLIAMS: because he worked so hard and so careful on it, but they looked magnificent. Very unusual. I think about little quotes and stuff all the time about, you know, some from Charles or some from other artists orthey stick with me. And this is just a freshrelatively recent passing of alocal, prominent, prolific artist, NEIL WILLIAMS: female artist. MIJA RIEDEL: You haven't talkedgo ahead. But I feel like people who go to the prophets, they go to other people of faith, and that can end up strengthening their faith when they feel like theyre slipping., For Macee Pickup, social media can also be a tool for good as she tries to fill her feed with uplifting quotes and insights or share messages with people, she said. I remember we were driving back from installing her Crocker retrospective [ph]. NEIL WILLIAMS: You know, with limited resources and they might be in it for the right reasons, but there's only so much they're able to do. I was just a kid. 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