Fling and Fuss

Details

Sue Williams (B. 1954)
Fling and Fuss
signed and dated 'Sue Williams 2000' (on the reverse)
oil and acrylic on canvas
82 1/8 x 132 1/8in. (208.6 x 335.5cm.)
Painted in 2000

Provenance

Bernier/Eliades Gallery, Athens.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2005.

Exhibited

New York, 303 Gallery, Sue Williams, 2000 (illustrated, pp. 14-15).
Vienna, Secession, Art for the Institution and the Home, 2002 (illustrated, p. 33).This exhibition later travelled to Valencia, Institut Valencià d'Art Modern.

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Lot Essay

Fling and Fuss is a case in point of Sue Williams notion of “drawing as an urgent and immediate form of non-verbal communication.” (Sue Williams ‘Statement’, nomorepink.com [accessed: 22 September 2015].) In this work from 2000, the viewer is presented with Williams’s beautifully striking abstract gestures that mimic the lines in her more figurative paintings. This similarity may insinuate the aggressive attitude and subject matter presented in her other works in a more subtle way.

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