Intermission
William Toney, MFA 2024, Photography
My work attends to the abstractions that underlie modes of black cultural production in input and output. Research into histories and countercultural attempts to collectively actualize other ways of being in the world informs my practice. Spanning ideas from utopia, opacity, Afrofuturism, and further, I attempt to deconstruct notions of a singular blackness. Through photography, installation, and various media, my work operates as a viewfinder into considerations of an unimaginable future.
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"Intermission" installation view. Photo Credit: Neighboring States
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"Intermission" installation view. Photo Credit: Neighboring States
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"Intermission" installation view. Photo Credit: Neighboring States
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"Intermission" installation view. Photo Credit: Neighboring States
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"Intermission" installation view. Photo Credit: Neighboring States
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"Intermission" installation view. Photo Credit: William Toney
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"Intermission" installation view. Photo Credit: William Toney
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"Intermission" installation view. Photo Credit: William Toney
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"Helicopter.1.jpg," 2024. Laser print. Photo Credit: William Toney
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"How long does it take for a Peacock to die?" Installation view. Photo Credit: Neighboring States
William Toney
William Toney is a lens-based artist from Kansas City, Missouri. He earned an MFA at Tyler School of Art and Architecture in 2024. He also holds a BFA in photography from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 2012. Toney currently lives and works in Philadelphia, PA.
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Website:williamtoney.com
Instagram: @willartthou