Sue Williams (painter)

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Sue Williams (* 1954 in Chicago Heights / Illinois) is an American painter and graphic artist .

In 1972 she studied at the California Institute of the Arts , Valencia, CA, 1973 at the Cooper Union , New York, NY, and from 1975 to 1976 at the California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA. Williams has been a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna since 1994 .

The artistic work

Williams' work reflects diverse fields of American painting, from abstract expressionism to elements of popular comic drawings on the one hand, the satirical illumination of social conditions and phenomena in America, such as B. Political Correctness or the ubiquitous violence on the other hand. In the black and white pictures taken during the 1990s, the theme of "male violence against women" plays the dominant role. In her newer paintings, which at first glance appear playful due to the bright colors, she sprinkles a dense abundance or loosely thrown sketches of body parts, internal human organs and body fluids or elements reminiscent of microscopic images of organic material over large-format white canvases.

Awards

In 1993 she received the Guggenheim Fellowship .

Solo exhibitions

Collections

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sue Williams. Entry in the art and research database Basis-Wien.At. Retrieved May 20, 2020.

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personal data
SURNAME Williams, Sue
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago Heights , Illinois