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
Sue Williams - Artist Info
About Sue Williams: Books
Books & Publications (5)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
Visceral Bodies (Vancouver Art Gallery)
2010
Augaitis, Daina
63 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
Birth of the Cool From Georgia O'Keeffe to Christopher Wool (Exhibition catalog)