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Sue Williams

Sue Williams
Library Shelf Location 18.WILL
Publication Date 09 Jun 2015
Description

The first comprehensive monograph dedicated to the American artist Sue Williams (born 1954), this book follows her work from the early 1980s to her most recent paintings. Over the course of her 40-year career, Williams has made an array of artwork, from modest paintings of mostly representational scenes in a cartoonish style to large-scale abstract paintings erupting in brilliant colors. In her newest works, figuration and abstraction are mixed anew, for although the images are abstract, the beholder comes across recognizable details--individual body parts or formations reminiscent of human organs. Williams has continuously explored and challenged the fantasies of feminism, sexuality, gender and culture in her work. Throughout her practice she has explored the ambiguous boundary between a secure place and an insecure one, between the real and the imagined, drawing the viewer into her world of provocative sexual politics.

ISBN 9783037643747
Quantity 1
Pages 144 pgs. 27.9 x 1.3 x 27.2 cm
Editor Lionel Bovier
Authors Ruth Erickson, Johanna Burton
Format Hardback
Publisher JRP Ringier
Related Artist Sue Williams
Categories Illustration, Drawing, Painting, Artist (relating to a single artist/collaborative team)
Keywords Political art, Feminism, Art World, Critically Engaged
Artist's Nationality American (USA)
Language English

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