Art
Seeking Histories and Futures in Soil
Today’s artists often refrain from imprinting their vision upon the land, instead bringing the soil into the gallery as an archive of nature-human interactions.
Kiyan Williams
Art
Rashaad Newsome and Kiyan Williams Talk Art, Inspiration, and Black Magic
As part of Newsome’s new multi-part project with Leslie-Lohman Museum, the pair will discuss their “relationships to soil and earth, WEB Du Bois, and the lie of the American experiment.”
Film
Kiyan Williams Digs Into the Meaning of Soil
In her film on view at the Shed, the artist explores dirt's unsettling aesthetic effects, as well as its conceptual resonances.
Art
Queer Artists in Their Own Words: Kiyan Williams Uses Dirt to Unearth the Exploitation of Black People in America
LGBTQ Pride Month is now. Every day in June, we are celebrating the community by featuring one queer artist and letting them speak for themselves.