Kiyan Williams
Ruins of Empire, 2022
Installation view
Commissioned by Public Art Fund and presented as a part of Black Atlantic
Brooklyn Bridge Park, New York
Photography by Nicholas Knight
Ruins of Empire, 2022
Installation view
Commissioned by Public Art Fund and presented as a part of Black Atlantic
Brooklyn Bridge Park, New York
Photography by Nicholas Knight
Un/earthing, 2022
Installation view
Lyles & King, New York
Un/earthing, 2022
Installation view
Lyles & King, New York
Flag Fry performance documentation, June 5, 2022
Lyles & King Outdoor Sculpture Space
In conjunction with Kiyan Williams, Un/earthing, 2022
Lyles & King, New York
Sentient Ruins, 2021
Soil, clay, steel, and steel armature
Dimensions variable
Installation view
Bodies in Conflict, 2021
Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Ontario
Sentient Ruins, 2021
Soil, clay, steel, and steel armature
Dimensions variable
Installation view
Bodies in Conflict, 2021
Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Ontario
Between Starshine and Clay, 2022
Installation view
Hammer Projects: Kiyan Williams
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Photography by Jeff McLane
Between Starshine and Clay (detail), 2022
Installation view
Hammer Projects: Kiyan Williams
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Photography by Jeff McLane
Between Starshine and Clay, 2022
Installation view
Hammer Projects: Kiyan Williams
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Photography by Jeff McLane
Between Starshine and Clay (detail), 2022
Installation view
Hammer Projects: Kiyan Williams
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Photography by Jeff McLane
Double Fried American Flag, 2020
Nylon flag previously flown over U.S. capitol building, paprika, flour, steel base and hardware
78 x 36 x 36 in
198.1 x 91.4 x 91.4 cm
Double Fried American Flag (detail), 2020
Nylon flag previously flown over U.S. capitol building, paprika, flour, steel base and hardware
78 x 36 x 36 in
198.1 x 91.4 x 91.4 cm
How to Cook a Wolf, 2021
Installation view
Center for Book Arts, New York
Photography by Jenny Gorman
How to Properly Fry an American Flag, 2020-ongoing
Installation view
How to Cook a Wolf, 2021
Center for Book Arts, New York
Photography by Jenny Gorman
Reaching Towards Warmer Suns, 2020
Soil, steel, gems, crystals, concrete base
Dimensions variable
Installation view
Richmond, VA
Reaching Towards Warmer Suns, 2020
Soil, steel, gems, crystals, concrete base
Dimensions variable
Installation view
Richmond, VA
Reaching Towards Warmer Suns (detail), 2020
Soil, steel, gems, crystals, concrete base
Dimensions variable
Installation view
Richmond, VA
Meditation on the Making of America, 2019
Performance, soil, canvas, wood panels
Installation view
Open Call: Group 2, 2019
The Shed, New York
Photography by Lily Wan
Meditation on the Making of America (still), 2019
Meditation on the Making of America (detail), 2019
Performance, soil, canvas, wood panels
Photography by Lily Wan
Dirt Eater, 2019
Sculpture and HD color video with sound, soil, clay, steel, patina, bricks, wax, kanekalon, incense, wood and steel armature
6 x 3 x 3ft
Video: 7 minutes 29 seconds, loop
Installation view
In Practice: Other Objects, SculptureCenter, New York
Photography by Kyle Knodell
Dirt Eater, 2019
Sculpture and HD color video with sound, soil, clay, steel, patina, bricks, wax, kanekalon, incense, wood and steel armature
6 x 3 x 3ft
Video: 7 minutes 29 seconds, loop
Installation view
In Practice: Other Objects, SculptureCenter, New York
Photography by Kyle Knodell