"Williams's works are fastidiously engineered to produce uncanny miniature worlds suspended between the second and third dimensions-facades that are simultaneously industrial and tactile. Drawing on modernist buildings and interiors, Williams redefines collage through intricately crafted mixed-media bas-reliefs. Her sleek, serene scenes of period architecture ripple with texture and aqueous reflections. She simulates the tiled surfaces of swimming pools, the austere facades of Brutalist buildings, and the regimented rows of libraries and bookcases."
"Beginning with a full-scale pencil drawing, Williams creates a digital copy from which she laser cuts the structural base and hand-cuts colored paper to form curtains, blinds, books, vases, pots, and lampshades. Each piece is laid on top of the drawing until she is ready to collage within a shallow space, adding paper home furnishings as she builds the work. Of her process, she says: "You have to give it as much time as possible, it's really important, because in time is the transformation.""
Radiant City presents new mixed-media bas-reliefs that transform modernist buildings and interiors into uncanny miniature environments. Williams constructs layered works from paper, Plexiglas, wood veneer, fabric, piano wire, and thread, beginning with full-scale pencil drawings and laser-cut structural bases. Hand-cut colored papers form curtains, blinds, books, and furnishings within shallow collaged spaces. Panels are over-stitched and Perspex windows are etched and hand-painted to enhance depth and reflection. The palette is warm and the surfaces simulate tiles, pools, Brutalist facades, and regimented book stacks. The works occupy a liminal space between two-dimensional painting and three-dimensional sculpture.
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