Mandy Williams

“The verdant green of ‘England’ points to the bucolic, yet the zine looks askance and questions how its bounteous nature conflicts with people’s experiences. It is highly effective and speaks to the radicality of artists working with political and campaigning networks to reshape a narrative around immigration and Brexit. ”

“In Williams’s Chalk, the White Horse is imbued with hope for some, false hope for others. ‘The story says if you stand on its eye and turn three times your wish comes true.’ These horses and diagrams on England’s hillsides, the voice-over suggests, pitch towards ‘propaganda, headlines on vast green billboards shaping the imagination’, and it is the inflexion towards message that characterises these works around chalk. The images, the otherworldly voice-over and the gnashing and discordant echo of the soundtrack all amplify the uncomfortable nature of this poetic film.”

“The work in Sea Level could be described as an altered landscape, and this disruption is an evocative term and a way to consider Williams’ work in the context of the genre ... Sea Level fits smartly and sublimely in her larger body of work.”

“It was fantastic to see Mandy Williams work up close as we have worked with her on F&A in the past. Her series ‘Unseen Landscapes’ was one of the highlights of the exhibition for us.”

“This multifaceted photographer has a fantastic eye for detail, composition and atmosphere...”

“Mandy Williams’ photographs of her three-dimensional constructions consider just what it is that makes a house a home, whether broken or otherwise.”

“A techno-echinoderm hybrid from some nightmarish Lovecraftian rock pool.”

“Moments and places of tension because the characters in her work take risks to get there”

“Compelling and intense”

“Williams’ theme takes on a stunning force … haunting look at the family home”

“Goes beyond the photographic process to create a whole new genre of image”

“The ideas that Williams has researched through her visual engagement with landscape have far reaching afterimages of life in England today.”

“Williams has created beautifully crafted portraits of the land which also prompt the viewer to think about their own interaction and connection with the world around them”

“ ...works are capable of establishing a presence and such an atmosphere of memories ... ”

“Stunning and haunting ... the viewer feels as though he or she is voyeuristically peering into other people’s lives.”

“I find this image and series extremely evocative...”

“House 6 is a compelling and powerful image ... You can attach a meaning on many levels.”

“Imaginative sensibility… sensually and psychologically intriguing”

“Evocative ... Williams’ way of portraying this idea is canny and effective.”

“A striking portfolio.  Premise of the family series is compelling and timely… excellent work”

“Extremely compelling new works”

“A unique body of work … earned her exhibitions, awards and a respected position in the fine arts community north of the border”

“Images play with the tension between mechanical processes and hand-rendered art, and the effect is, both interesting and quite beautiful.”