Since Sue Williams’ pictorial and sculptural work came into the public eye in the 1990s, it has undergone great changes. At the beginning of her career, Williams painted figures that were heavily influenced by comic books and the pictorial language of advertisement. These paintings often showed domestic violence and explicit sexual content, which were mostly understood as a feminist critique of the patriarchal society and of war. Over the years, Williams sometimes rawly applied figurative scenes changed into more casual and extended compositions until they grew into almost or total abstractions, into intertwined, swirling compositions consisting of body parts, orifices, and betokened organs.
Neural Pathways
2023
Oil on canvas
127.5 x 152.5 cm / 50 1/4 x 60 in
© Sue Williams
Shotgun Wedding
2023
Oil on canvas
127.5 x 152.5 cm / 50 1/8 x 60 in
© Sue Williams
Sunflowers
2023
Oil on canvas
127.5 x 152.5 x 4.5 cm / 50 1/8 x 60 x 1 3/4 in
© Sue Williams
Colonial Foot
2020
Oil on canvas
101.5 x 127 cm / 40 x 50 in
© Sue Williams
North American Fur Trapper
2020
Oil on canvas
178 x 203 cm / 70 x 80 in
© Sue Williams
Someone's Future
2020
Oil on canvas
127 x 152.5 cm / 50 x 60 in
© Sue Williams
The Beast
2020
Mixed media collage on paper; framed
Sheet 20 x 24 x 1.5 cm / 8 x 9 1/2 x 5/8 in
Frame 26 x 30 x 3.5 cm / 10 1/4 x 11 3/4 x 1 3/8 in
© Sue Williams
Miami
2020
Mixed media collage on paper; framed
Sheet 38.5 x 45 cm / 15 1/8 x 17 3/4 in
Frame 44 x 51 x 3.5 cm / 17 3/8 x 20 1/8 x 1 3/8 in
© Sue Williams
Dream of the East
2014
Collage on paper; framed
Sheet 34.5 x 31 cm / 13 5/8 x 12 1/4 in
Frame 50 x 65 x 3.5 cm / 19 3/4 x 25 5/8 x 1 1/4 in
© Sue Williams
Nuanced
2009
Oil and acrylic on canvas
106.5 x 132.5 x 5 cm / 42 x 52 1/8 x 2 in
© Sue Williams
Lumpy
2009
Oil and acrylic on vellum; framed
Sheet 48.5 x 61 cm / 19 x 24 in
Frame 54.5 x 67 x 4 cm / 21 1/2 x 26 1/2 x 1 5/8 in
© Sue Williams
Hot Sex and Violence
2009
Ink on Vellum; framed
Sheet 45.5 x 61 cm / 18 x 24 in
Frame 54.5 x 67 x 4 cm / 21 1/2 x 26 3/8 x 1 5/8 in
© Sue Williams
Purple Choke
1995
Oil on canvas
38 x 45.5 cm / 15 x 18 in
© Sue Williams
Side by Side with Vine
1995
Acrylic on canvas
38 x 45.5 cm / 15 x 18 in
© Sue Williams
$50.00
1993
Oil on canvas
38.5 x 46 x 4 cm / 15 1/8 x 18 1/8 x 1 1/2 in
© Sue Williams
