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The streets ain’t promised to us niggas in that dirty south That’s why I’m riding with that nine I’m trying to make it out And it’s hard to live in a community where ain’t no fuckin unity
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Boosie 3:19 (2015) by Fletcher Williams III. Wood, laser cut plexi-glass, handwoven Palmetto roses (24″ × 20″ × 3″). Collection of the artist.
Cause poverty will push a nigga over that brink Over the edge especially if you don’t know your ledge So instead of being without, I’m hustling Tryin to get through these ungodly days
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Bun 3:42 (2015) by Fletcher Williams III. Wood, laser cut plexi-glass, hand-woven Palmetto roses (24″ × 20″ × 3″). Collection of the artist.
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Chapel (2015) by Fletcher Williams III. Wood, handwoven Palmetto roses (100 roses per bouquet, cross: 45″ × 20″ × 4″). Jonathan Green and Richard Weedman collection.
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Vessel No. 2 (2016) by Fletcher Williams III. Acrylic on wood, sweetgrass, and bullrush (35″ × 33″ × 6″). Private collection.
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Vessel No. 1 (2016) by Fletcher Williams III. Acrylic on wood and handwoven Palmetto roses (33″ × 24″ × 4″). Private collection.
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From a Distance (2016–2017) by Fletcher Williams III. Discarded wood and automotive paint (50″ × 35″ × 7″).
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Detail of From a Distance (2016–2017) by Fletcher Williams III. Discarded wood and automotive paint (50″ × 35″ × 7″).
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Cut and Caged (2015) by Fletcher Williams III. Discarded wood, rebar, Palmetto tree fronds, and cement blocks (56″ × 44″ × 11″). Collection of the artist.
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Longterm (2016) by Fletcher Williams III. Palmetto leaves, discarded wood, plywood, and shingles (36″ × 23″ × 16″). Private collection.
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Brace (2016–2017) by Fletcher Williams III. Discarded wood and plywood (77″ × 55″ × 21″).
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FLETCHER WILLIAMS III (b. 1987), a sculptor and painter, is a native of North Charleston, South Carolina, where he currently resides. He attended the Charleston Country School of the Arts, Trident Technical College, and the College of Charleston before he moved to New York City to study at The Cooper Union, from which he received the BFA in 2010. Since his graduation from the Cooper Union, where he focused his studies on painting, drawing, and design, Williams’s work has been exhibited in such venues as MoCada Museum (2016), McKissick Museum (2015), Mann-Simon Center (2016), San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art (2015).
