Representative work by Sue Williams
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Artist

Sue Williams

b. 1954, Chicago, Illinois · American · Based in New York, USA

  • BFA, California Institute of the Arts (1976)
  • Painting
  • Drawing

Sue Williams emerged in the early 1990s with confrontational paintings that interrogated domestic violence, sexism, and structural misogyny. Over time, her visceral figurative depictions morphed into fluid, lyrical abstract calligraphies composed of disembodied anatomical fragments.

Painting; drawing

Gallery Representation

Major Works

  • 1992It’s a New Age
  • 1992Irresistible
  • 1990Try to Be More Accommodating
  • 1990sSmall Dick
  • 1990sIs This Too Much?
  • 2000sUntitled
  • 2004How Do You Feel?
  • 2010sThe Sum of All Evil
  • 2010sAnd Then It All Came Back
  • 2010sSandy Beach

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