The Significance of Pandra Williams and Annette Gates (1)

Rarely do two-person shows create a true dialogue between artists. Kiang Gallery owner Marilyn Kiang has curated In Significance featuring Athens artist Annette Gates and Atlanta’s Pandra Williams, both known for their work in ceramics. The artists also share an interest in the natural world, both deriving their visual vocabularies from organic forms. Their contributions to In Significance complement one another and create a self-contained world that mirrors the cycles and forces that sustain the outside world.

Gates and Williams have executed a series of ceramic and mixed-media plant and animal studies for In Significance. Microbes, seedpods, and giant roots inspire the artworks’ twists, turns and blobs. Porcelain objects dangle from the ceiling and bulge forth like foreign growths from the walls. While each object can stand alone as a static work, placed together, they suggest living, breathing entities.

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(Photo by Pandra Williams and Annette Gates)