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Charles Williams – 193 + LOT

Charles Williams, a native of Blue Diamond, Kentucky, created a vast body of work that included photography, comics, paintings, sculptures and an environmental installation and home that he referred to as Silo #3. Institute 193 and Land of Tomorrow are pleased to present the first comprehensive solo-exhibition of the late Williams’ work. This multi-venue approach will provide the viewer with an overall presentation of the artist…‘s work and will feature pieces spanning the entirety of his career. Land of Tomorrow will house larger, environmental works while Institute 193 will focus on the artist’s more intimate creations. Williams, a mercurial character who escapes easy definition, had an untold influence on the local art community that will finally be illuminated by this exhibition.

“I got me this place here and decided to do something with it. I have always had art on my mind and wanted to do something out front there that I hadn’t heard of no other person doing. I fixed up the trees to give them some new life, some color, one idea got another idea and so on down the line, each idea kept building into another idea.”

-Phillip March Jones, Creative Director

CHARLES WILLIAMS
SILO #3
OPENING RECEPTION: 7 October 2010
6 – 8 PM: Institute 193, 8- 10 PM: Land of Tomorrow

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.