Charlie’s Photo Album + Silo #3

Institute 193 and Land of Tomorrow are announcing a multi-venue collaborative show featuring works by the late Charles Williams. The show entitled Silo #3 will feature sculpture, comics, photos, collage and installation works. LOT will feature large scale works and pieces from Charlie’s yard while the Institute will focus on small-scale works and archival materials. Williams, a native of Blue Diamond, Kentucky, spent most of his life living and working in Lexington. This is is the first comprehensive solo-exhibition of William’s work. His work was featured in a major survey of African-American Vernacular Art, Soul’s Grown Deep, at the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University in 1996 as part of the cultural olympiad. The show and accompanying catalog featured a large number of complex sculptures by Williams.

Institute 193 and LOT will be publishing a book entitled Charlie’s Photo Album that will feature selections from the vast collection of photos that Williams took during his life. A large portion of this material is kept by the Kentucky Folk Art Center. Stay tuned. The show is scheduled to open on October 7, 2010.

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