Obzine by Jim Williams

For Jim Williams recent exhibition Accigenitals at The Situation Room in Los Angeles, local Miami curator Cara Despain compiled this zine titled Obzine to accompany his show.  Accigenitals is a collection of objects and images drawn from the larger collection of Jim Williams' work. Representing one dimension of his personality that is couched within the all-encompassing self-portrait which is his life’s work—including his entire home, wardrobe, and correspondences—this subset reflects the playful absurdity of pareidolia: the very human psychological tendency to find familiarity in randomness. Here, instead of the face of Jesus on a piece of toast, or a man’s face on Mars, is a collection of look-alikes that is as intimately familiar as the childish sense of humor they invite. Though the objects are merely inanimate logs, rocks, and debris presented unaltered from how they were found, it doesn’t take much imagination to see phallic and vaginal forms in an overwhelming concentration. Our