Lot 96

Excellent gallery condition and free from any damage or deterioration



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Terry Williams is an established artist with a career that spans three decades. Williams' tactile, pillow-like soft sculptures are constructed with found materials featuring exaggerated, conspicuous stitching and are intensely physical and bulging in their form. His process is immersive and idiosyncratic, ruminating on and storing ideas until they manifest into complex and multi-faceted creations. This work is one of two in the auction that demonstrates Williams' signature style and subject matter; figures undertaking deep sea and air pursuits and accompanying helmets. Terry Williams has worked at the Arts Project Australia studio since 1989. He has presented in numerous exhibitions including a solo show curated by Ricky Swallow at White Columns, New York (2015); Everyday imagining: new perspectives on Outsider art, Ian Potter Museum of Art, The University of Melbourne (2014) and The Museum of Everything, Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), Tasmania. Williams' work is held in private collections throughout Australia and internationally.