Sculptures

Gabriel, a mixed media sculpture by Michael Kelly Williams, made with wood, cardboard, steel, paint, and aluminum
Gabriel, 2018, mixed media sculpture, 34 x 20 x 13 in.
The Mingus Songbook, a mixed media sculpture by Michael Kelly Williams, made with metal, cloth, beads, plastic, wood, cinefoil, and paint
The Mingus Songbook, 2018, mixed media sculpture, 60 x 37 x 37 in.
Things to Come from Those Now Gone, a mixed media sculpture by Michael Kelly Williams, made with plastic, rubber, wood, brass, iron, hair, aluminum, and acrylic paint
Things to Come from Those Now Gone, 2018, mixed media sculpture, 65 x 36 x 38 in.
Cosmic Traveler, a stoneware sculpture by Michael Kelly Williams
Cosmic Traveler, 2020, ceramic sculpture, 14 x 16 x 7 in.
Detail of Cosmic Traveler, a stoneware sculpture by Michael Kelly Williams, showing a closeup of the carving on the surface
Detail of Cosmic Traveler
Epiphany: For Lewis Latimer, a mixed media sculpture by Michael Kelly Williams, made with wooden test tube cradles, cork, rubber, plastic, and a light protector
Epiphany: For Lewis Latimer, 2022, mixed media sculpture, 24 x 13 x 10 in.
Shout, a mixed media sculpture by Michael Kelly Williams, made with wood, brass, rubber, aluminum, acrylic paint, feathers, cardboard, rattan, bone, wire, iron, plastic, and hair
Shout, 2016, mixed media sculpture, 84 x 48 x 24 in.
Wodakota, a mixed media sculpture by Michael Kelly Williams, made with wood, leather, plastic, wire, and metal
Wodakota, 2017, mixed media sculpture, 48 x 24 x 15 in.
Hat and Beard, a mixed media sculpture by Michael Kelly Williams, made with iron, plastic, wire, acrylic paint, and steel
Hat and Beard, 2012, mixed media sculpture pair, Hat: 19 x 19 x 13 in., Beard: 22 x 10 x 4 in.
Star Time, a mixed media sculpture by Michael Kelly Williams, made with metal, colored wire, rubber, plastic, colored cord, cloth and beads
Star Time, 2022, mixed media sculpture, 39 x 42 x 37 in.
Stargazer, a stoneware sculpture by Michael Kelly Williams
Star Gazer, 2020, ceramic sculpture, 16 x 14 x 10 in.
Detail of Stargazer, a stoneware sculpture by Michael Kelly Williams, showing the side view
Detail of Stargazer
The Green Sweeper, a mixed media sculpture by Michael Kelly Williams, made with wood, colored cords, cloth, buttons, brass cymbal, broom, and a street sweeper disc brush
The Green Sweeper, 2022, mixed media sculpture, 44 x 18 x18 in.
Nut Isle Crier, a mixed media sculpture by Michael Kelly Williams, made with a wooden forked branch, violin scrolls and necks, a slide carousel, eye makeup brushes, leather strips, and a camera bellows
Nut Isle Crier, 2022, mixed media sculpture, 70 x 14 x 27 in.
Above and Beyond: For Billy Bang, a mixed media sculpture by Michael Kelly Williams, made with cloth, bottle caps, wood, plastic, colored chords, water hose, rubber, metal, hair, and violin bows, neck and scroll
Above and Beyond: For Billy Bang, 2019, mixed media sculpture, 82 x 24 x 19 in.
Stand, a mixed media sculpture by Michael Kelly Williams, made with wood, cloth, nails, and metal
Stand, 2019, mixed media sculpture, 32 x 5 x 9 in.
Brer Hare, a mixed media sculpture by Michael Kelly Williams, made with plastic, rubber, mirrors, wood, cloth, metal and paint
Brer Hare, 2023, mixed media sculpture, 20 x 20 x 15 in.
Olu Iwa: for Cecil Taylor, a mixed media sculpture by Michael Kelly Williams, made with metal, cloth, rubber, and mirror
Olu Iwa: For Cecil Taylor, 2019, mixed media sculpture, 24 x 17 x 13 in.
Protect Yo Net, a mixed media sculpture by Michael Kelly Williams, made with iron, plastic, and rope
Protect Yo Net, 2016, mixed media sculpture, 19 x 15 x 12 in.
Nature Shrine, a stoneware sculpture by Michael Kelly Williams
Nature Shrine, 2020, ceramic sculpture, 22 x 19 x 14 in.
Detail of Nature Shrine, a stoneware sculpture by Michael Kelly Williams, showing a closeup of the bird
Detail of Nature Shrine
Meditations, a mixed media sculpture by Michael Kelly Williams, made with brass, glass, rubber, iron, aluminum, and wire
Meditations, 2016, mixed media sculpture, 48 x 16 x 12 in.
God's Trombones, a mixed media sculpture by Michael Kelly Williams, made with metal, brass, copper, plastic, tape, wire, paint, and aluminum
God’s Trombones, 2019, mixed media sculpture, 49 x 35 x 12 in.
Maghostut, a mixed media sculpture by Michael Kelly Williams, made with wood, plastic, metal, cloth, keys, chords, glitter, paint, and reflectors
Maghostut, 2017, mixed media sculpture, 63 x 27 x 10 in.
Heru, a stoneware sculpture by Michael Kelly Williams
Heru, 2020, ceramic sculpture, 14 x 17 x 12 in.
Detail of Heru, a stoneware sculpture by Michael Kelly Williams, showing the side view
Detail of Heru
For Geri, a mixed media sculpture by Michael Kelly Williams, made with metal, beads, and mirror
For Geri, 2019, mixed media sculpture, 21 x 15 x 15 in.
Iron Man, a mixed media sculpture by Michael Kelly Williams, made with iron, cloth, leather wrestler head gear, light shade, wood, plastic, wire, paint and rubber
Iron Man, 2022, mixed media sculpture, 28 x 13 x 13 in.
Helmet, a stoneware sculpture by Michael Kelly Williams
Helmet, 2021, ceramic sculpture, 13 x 11 x 11 in.
Time, a mixed media sculpture by Michael Kelly Williams, made with skin, metal and artificial vegetation
Time, 2023, mixed media sculpture, 32 x 32 x 4 in.
Banjo, a mixed media sculpture by Michael Kelly Williams, made with wood, skin, beads, plastic, cloth, wire, and reflector
Banjo, 2019, mixed media sculpture, 45 x 15 x 6 in.
Anyanwu's Medicine Bag: for Octavia Butler, a mixed media sculpture by Michael Kelly Williams, made with metal, cowrie shells, plastic, cloth, herbs, coral, beads, paper, bone, rubber, crystal, and thread
Anyanwu’s Medicine Bag: For Octavia Butler, 2020, mixed media sculpture, 20 x 19 x 7 in.
Ancient African Nobility, a stoneware sculpture by Michael Kelly Williams
Ancient African Nobility, 2020, ceramic sculpture, 14 x 16 x 7 in.
Many Blessings, a mixed media sculpture by Michael Kelly Williams, made with wood, rubber, plastic, brass, wire, rope, and cloth
Many Blessings, 2017, mixed media sculpture, 48” x 34” x 12 in.
A Celebration of All Life, a mixed media sculpture by Michael Kelly Williams, made with iron, wood, paint, aluminum, brass, and cloth
A Celebration of All Life, 2019, mixed media sculpture, 50 x 44 x 44 in.
Xenogenesis, a mixed media sculpture by Michael Kelly Williams, made with wood, steel, iron, brass, wire, cloth, plastic, aluminum, rubber, shell, and acrylic paint
Xenogenesis, 2016, mixed media sculpture, 40 x 27 x 8 in.
Sign, a mixed media sculpture by Michael Kelly Williams, made with iron, wood, mother-of-pearl, wire, aluminum, and plastic
Sign, 2016, mixed media sculpture, 32 x 24 x 5 in.
Guembri, a mixed media sculpture by Michael Kelly Williams, made with rubber, zinc, wood, paint, brass plating, bone, iron, Venetian blinds, and bicycle tire
Guembri, 2022, mixed media sculpture, 30 x 13 x 4½ in.
We See, a media sculpture sculpture by Michael Kelly Williams, made with wood, shells, iron, cable, and acrylic paint
We See, 2012, mixed media sculpture, 10 1/2 x 42 x 6 1/2 in.
Transcendence, a mixed media sculpture by Michael Kelly Williams, made with wood, plastic, aluminum, tin, iron, steel, wire, and acrylic paint
Transcendence, 2016, mixed media sculpture, 49 x 27 x 6 in.
Samta, a mixed media sculpture by Michael Kelly Williams, made with wood, plastic, rubber, metal, and cardboard
Samta, 2017, mixed media sculpture, 50 x 19 x 12 in.
Revelation and Improvisation, a mixed media sculpture by Michael Kelly Williams, made with steel, iron, brass, wood, rubber, glass, aluminum, cardboard, and wire
Revelation and Improvisation, 2016, mixed media sculpture, 84 x 44 x 24 in.
Khepera, a mixed media sculpture by Michael Kelly Williams, made with plastic tubing, wood, piano wires, paint, and reinforced tape over an armature of found metal shapes
Khepera, 2023, mixed media sculpture, 33 x 32 x 9 in.