William Downs Artist Talk, 2019/2020 MOCA GA Working Artist
Channel: Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia
Date: 2020-10-28

Artist Talk via Zoom for MOCA GA held on October 27, 2020 in conjunction with the 2019/2020 MOCA GA Working Artist Project. William Downs, 2019/20 WAP fellow created work for his solo exhibition entitled: Drawings of Wildness and Silence...
Exhibition dates: September 5 - October 31, 2020

“Have you ever found yourself delightfully immersed in your own thoughts? I cannot count how many times during the day I get lost in my own magic viewfinder of memory reels. Every image I stumble upon morphs in my mind, leading me to generate a new set of snapshots. I often try to retrace my musings back to my original idea, only to wander into yet another series of pictures. It may appear to be a never- ending maze of random elements, but therein lies the ambiguity of my work. I believe that what you cannot see is far more interesting than what you can. This ink wash wall drawing address the anthropological relationship of the body to its environment, and the manipulation of its surroundings to either conform or clash to the figure inhabiting the space. It affects not just the space above and around, but also the mental and emotional space. My aim is to awaken repressed feelings of anxiety, fear, joy, angst, or lust, by drawing them into the world on paper or on walls.”

-William Downs