PAST EXHIBITION
Sue Williams: Project for a New American Century
September 11, 2008—October 25, 2008
In this exhibition, Williams fully merges figurative representation and
lyrical abstraction, two distinct styles that have defined her artistic
production over the last two decades. The artist first garnered
attention in the late 1980s with gritty, provocative canvases that
combined figure and text to tackle issues of sexual objectification and
abuse. Throughout the 1990s, Williams radically shifted her focus,
thrusting formalist concerns and painterly technique to the forefront,
allowing form and color to supersede explicit content. In recent years,
the artist has embraced the new challenge of uniting these disparate
approaches to again enable her canvases as clear vehicles of protest.
The resulting works evoke Williams’ early comic book influences with
crisp outlines and blocks of brilliant colors. Against raw canvas and
transparent acetate, her glaring palette, which includes forceful red,
glowing orange, saccharine pink, and neon green, conveys a sense of
immediacy, energetic movement, and the artist’s signature wry humor.
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