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Born 1954 Chicago Heights, Illinois. Known for: Mod figure-sardonic nude graffiti painting.
Known since the 1980s for her depictions of sexual brutality and emotional cruelty, Sue Williams has has created work that has been described as "the visual equivalent of a conversation with someone... Read full biography
Known since the 1980s for her depictions of sexual brutality and emotional cruelty, Sue Williams has has created work that has been described as "the visual equivalent of a conversation with someone who had never learned to censor her speech, someone who would say whatever was on her mind without... Read full biography
Known since the 1980s for her depictions of sexual brutality and emotional cruelty, Sue Williams has has created work that has been described as "the visual equivalent of a conversation with someone who had never learned to censor her speech, someone who would say whatever was on her mind without consideration for her interloculator's sense of propriety, or indeed, for her own image in the eyes of others.". She began her career with cartoony graphic depictions of violations against women, but... Read full biography
Known since the 1980s for her depictions of sexual brutality and emotional cruelty, Sue Williams has has created work that has been described as "the visual equivalent of a conversation with someone who had never learned to censor her speech, someone who would say whatever was on her mind without consideration for her interloculator's sense of propriety, or indeed, for her own image in the eyes of others.". She began her career with cartoony graphic depictions of violations against women, but changed her work in the 1990s to increasingly abstract colorful compositions with busy lines. For a long period, her work was politely disregarded, but following her first exhibition at Gallery 303 in New York in 1992, she received public attention... Read full biography
Known since the 1980s for her depictions of sexual brutality and emotional cruelty, Sue Williams has has created work that has been described as "the visual equivalent of a conversation with someone who had never learned to censor her speech, someone who would say whatever was on her mind without consideration for her interloculator's sense of propriety, or indeed, for her own image in the eyes of others.". She began her career with cartoony graphic depictions of violations against women, but changed her work in the 1990s to increasingly abstract colorful compositions with busy lines. For a long period, her work was politely disregarded, but following her first exhibition at Gallery 303 in New York in 1992, she received public attention and became a post-feminist icon. The size of her canvases also increased dramatically, and it became obvious she was doing a "revisionist take on A... Read full biography
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Known since the 1980s for her depictions of sexual brutality and emotional cruelty, Sue Williams has has created work that has been described as "the visual equivalent of a conversation with someone who had never learned to censor her speech, someone who would say whatever was on her mind without consideration for her interloculator's sense of propriety, or indeed, for her own image in the eyes of others."
She began her career with cartoony graphic depictions of violations against women, but changed her work in the 1990s to increasingly abstract colorful compositions with busy lines. For a long period, her work was politely disregarded, but following her first exhibition at Gallery 303 in New York in 1992, she received public attenti...But wait, there's more...
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