Angharad Williams
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1986
United Kingdom
Schiefe Zähne
Angharad Williams' (Ynys Môn, Wales) multi-faceted art practice - painting, drawing, writing, sculpture, photography, installation, film and performance - attends to the forms that, hidden in plain sight, serve as projective screens or filters for our most subconscious desires and fears. These often equivocal expressions are shaped by issues of authority, security and design, and are central to the subjectivation of individuals, their communities and the landscapes they inhabit. Williams' work prompts introspection and critical reflection on the dynamics that govern our lives and environments.
Angharad Williams, Without the scales, installation view, Schiefe Zähne, Berlin, 2020
"Surplus and Care" is a captivating series of photographs by Angharad Williams, featuring a young child under her care since 2017. The series comprises carefully selected images from hours of non-artistic labor. Despite their origin in the day-to-day activities of caregiving, the photographs transcend their quotidian origins to become a work of art.
These photographs possess a duality. On one hand, they serve a practical purpose, akin to images sent by caregivers to assure family members of a child's well-being or to showcase precious moments. Simultaneously, they also serv ...
"The Child is the father of the man" is a sculpture by Angharad Williams, featuring a prop appropriated from the 1967 British TV series "The Prisoner." The artwork, which was exhibited in Williams' first solo exhibition at Schiefe Zähne in Berlin in 2020, explores the interplay between temporal and psychological scales. Williams masterfully transforms the gallery space into a clockwork, evoking a sense of temporal disorientation and creating a duality of perspectives that blurs the boundaries of time and self.
Through this sculpture, Williams prompts viewers to reflect on the ways in whi ...
Angharad Williams, What it feels like to live another day (2022), Cars (2022), installation view Eraser, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, 2022, photo: Cedric Mussano
Joe Public - Trailer from Angharad Williams on Vimeo.
In her film "Joe Public," Angharad Williams takes us on a journey that is both quotidian and epic, as well as ethical. The film follows her through day to day activities like shopping, sleeping, and watching films, as well as travels through rural and coastal landscapes. Through this journey, Williams brings relief to the landscape, which becomes a shared space for the film's maker and viewers alike. Shot in black and white, the film brings us to a threshold where we are asked to consider the artist's pacifism and our own, freed from external reference or drive.
While the film do ...