William Cannings
Neon Muff, 2024
inflated steel and auto paint
8h x 8w x 8.50d in
WC096
William Cannings
Neon Cloud, 2024
inflated steel and auto paint
11h x 19w x 6.50d in
WC098
William Cannings
Neon Abstract, 2024
inflated steel and auto paint
18h x 12w x 11d in
WC101
William Cannings
Flate Tube Fold-Neon, 2024
inflated steel and auto paint
19h x 18.50w x 6.50d in
WC118
William Cannings
Abstract Skin-Orange/Bronze, 2024
inflated steel and auto paint
15.50h x 20.50w x 17d in
WC120
William Cannings
Skin-Pink, 2024
inflated steel and auto paint
17h x 18w x 17.50d in
WC117
William Cannings
Abstract Skin Blueish, 2024
inflated steel and auto paint
14.50h x 18.50w x 12.50d in
WC122
William Cannings
Abstract Skin Red/Green, 2024
inflated steel and auto paint
17.50h x 15w x 17d in
WC116
William Cannings
Blue/Grey Moody, 2024
inflated steel and auto paint
32.50h x 25w x 21.50d in
WC114
William Cannings
Split Pillow Blue Sparkle, 2024
inflated steel and auto paint
12h x 12w x 12d in
WC125
William Cannings
Split Abstract Pink, 2024
inflated steel and auto paint
32.50h x 8.50w x 10.50d in
WC113
William Cannings
Orange Speech Bubble, 2024
inflated steel and auto paint
16.50h x 20.50w x 7.50d in
WC124
William Cannings
Pinker Splitter Abstract Pinker, 2024
inflated steel and auto paint
26h x 17.50w x 12.50d in
WC115
William Cannings
Purple Speech Bubble, 2024
inflated steel and auto paint
21.50h x 20w x 9d in
WC123
William Cannings
Brick Rainbow Sparkles, 2024
inflated steel and auto paint
4h x 9w x 4.50d in
WC103
William Cannings
Tear Drop Blueish, Moody, 2024
inflated steel and auto paint
15h x 6w x 4.50d in
WC104
William Cannings
Tube Green/Blue, 2024
inflated steel and auto paint
20h x 21w x 7d in
WC097
William Cannings
Aluminum Pillow, 2024
inflated polished aluminum
15h x 19w x 7d in
WC112
William Cannings
Polished Split Pillow, 2024
inflated polished aluminum
6h x 3w x 2d in
WC099
William Cannings
Fuchsia Square, 2024
inflated steel and auto paint
11h x 11w x 6d in
WC110
William Cannings
Abstract Skin-Weird Gold, 2024
inflated steel and auto paint
21h x 9.50w x 12.50d in
WC121
William Cannings
Silhouette Matte Black, 2024
inflated steel and auto paint
16h x 9w x 6d in
WC109
William Cannings
Brick Lime Yellow, 2024
inflated steel and auto paint
4h x 9w x 4.50d in
WC102
William Cannings
Black + White Tube, 2024
inflated steel and auto paint
33h x 32w x 9d in
WC095
William Cannings
Abstract Skin-Green/Blue/Purple, 2024
inflated steel and auto paint
7h x 15w x 13.50d in
WC119
William Cannings
Polished Line, 2024
inflated polished aluminum
20h x 1.50w x 1.50d in
WC100
William Cannings
Triangle Yellow/Green, 2024
inflated steel and auto paint
14h x 15w x 6d in
WC111
William Cannings
Neon Green Abstract Horsey, 2024
inflated steel and auto paint
17h x 8w x 14d in
WC108
William Cannings
Polished Speech Bubble, 2024
inflated steel and auto paint
9h x 13w x 6.50d in
WC107
William Cannings
Green/Blue Twig Stick with White Shelf, 2024
inflated steel and auto paint
6h x 15w x 12d in
WC106
William Cannings
Teal Tear Drop, 2024
inflated steel and auto paint
Dimensions Variable
WC105
Cris Worley Fine Arts is pleased to announce, Fragments, a solo exhibition of new works by gallery artist William Cannings. This is Cannings’s eighth solo exhibition with Cris Worley.
William Cannings spent time in his youth working in automotive shops where he familiarized himself with the tools and equipment needed to support his current-day art practice and satisfy his hands-on approach to making. Today, the artist has mastered an innovative process of working with three of the four classical elements of nature: steel, heat and air. Each finished sculpture appears buoyant despite its heavy material, creating a dichotomy of hard and soft, weightlessness and heft.
Fragments refers to the scraps and “castaway” pieces of steel that are not the original intention of the making process. Over the years, Cannings has seen these leftover shapes, with their signature tears, twists, and folds, as work in themselves. “Chance” acts a co-partner, opening up the possibility that the creative path forward is not always the one first taken.
William Cannings (b. 1970) is originally from Manchester, England and currently lives and works in Lubbock, TX with his wife, Shannon Cannings, also a fine artist. He received a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University and an MFA from Syracuse University. He is Professor of Sculpture at Texas Tech University. Cannings exhibits frequently across the United States including in New York, Miami, New Mexico, and Texas.
Recent public works include a large-scale permanent installation with the City of Houston at Gate 51 at Hobby Airport, and a monumental outdoor sculpture at the Hall Sculpture Walk, Hall Arts Hotel in downtown Dallas. His works are also seen publicly in the permanent collection of the William P. Clements, Jr. Hospital at UTSW Medical Center in Dallas, TX and the HOLT CAT Headquarters in San Antonio, TX. He was one of four artists chosen for a solo exhibition at the 2009 Texas Biennial that was reviewed with critical acclaim in Art in America. Likewise, he is highlighted in the canonical publication, Texas Artists Today, written by Catherine Anspon.
