Pistol Packing Little Boy
26” x 27” x 7”
Hand Etched and Formed Plexiglass with Acrylic Paint, Shadows and Reflections
2019
Willian Norton's area of concern has long been the protest, the outcry for better and just treatment, the demand for equality and compassion, and the brutal, monstrous response of those in power, to that demand.
The world needs voices like Norton's that are able to poetically and at times beautifully distill and present the profound sufferings of a citizenry and force an often indifferent, affluent, and predominantly white public to look at itself and question how close we are living to our professed values.
To paraphrase, the painter, Francis Bacon, Norton creates very close to the nerve and in doing so comes very close to our nerve.
Norton's current body of work is topical but it's also much more. It eloquently voices, perhaps the dominating and eternally ingrained characteristic of the human experience, the movement towards right and equality. It of this time, yes, but also timeless.
Divine Wind
102” x 21.5” x 3.5”
Hand Etched Plexiglass with Shadows and Reflections
2018-2019
(Detail from Divine Wind)
William Norton and the Hei Hei dog in front of an installation by Etty Yaniv, 2019
photo: Jim Friedlich
Movable Cops
132” x 154” x 12”
Hand Etched Plexiglass on Movable Rack System, Aluminum, Mirrored Plexiglass, Wood, Paper, Charcoal on Cardboard, Clock Pendulum, Umbrella, Yellow Raincoat, MDF
2019-2020
