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Susan Williams (artist)

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117:. During the 1960s, they shared an artist's studio on lower Broadway, Chinatown and Little Italy. For a brief period they worked to create sculptures and paintings that were mirrors of each other but all these works were destroyed. After leaving the AIR Gallery, Williams also designed silver jewelry for several years. Her late work is composed of graphic, black and white manipulated photographic images. 31: 112:
in order to increase the promotion of work by female artists. In addition to her sculptures, Williams worked in plexiglas creating furniture and producing standing lamps, tables and chairs that were sold and exhibited. The sculptures she showed early on at AIR were influenced by the furniture and
317: 101:, in upstate New York. In 2015, she died of cancer at home in Craryville with her son at her side; her husband, son, and three grandchildren (Anabelle, Dakota, Juliette) survived her. 327: 302: 121: 89:
in the 1960s and had her son David in 1969. She was a fraternal twin (Sandy, her sister was an animal rights activist). Williams got her MFA at
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were large, tall transparent plastic containers filled with newsprint. In 1963, Williams and Barbara Zucker met on
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pioneer and co-founding member. She formed the gallery in 1972 with friend
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Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development alumni
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in Mexico where she maintained a home and studio and
68: 60: 37: 21: 189: 272:"Some Living American Women Artists/Last Supper" 120:Her image is included in the iconic 1972 poster 146:"SUSAN WILLIAMS's Obituary on New York Times" 81:was an American artist. In 1938 she was born 8: 188:Love, Barbara J., ed. (September 22, 2006). 85:in Chicago, Illinois. She married architect 29: 18: 192:Feminists Who Changed America, 1963–1975 137: 7: 328:21st-century American women artists 303:20th-century American women artists 122:Some Living American Women Artists 14: 276:Smithsonian American Art Museum 246:Irish, Anni (7 January 2016). 1: 338:21st-century American artists 333:20th-century American artists 221:– via Internet Archive. 198:University of Illinois Press 64:2015 (aged 76–77) 354: 28: 233:"What is AIR Gallery" 313:Artists from Chicago 91:New York University 95:San Miguel Allende 126:Mary Beth Edelson 76: 75: 345: 287: 286: 284: 282: 268: 262: 261: 259: 258: 243: 237: 236: 229: 223: 222: 220: 218: 195: 185: 179: 178: 176: 174: 164:"Susan Williams" 160: 154: 153: 142: 104:Williams was an 52: 50: 33: 19: 353: 352: 348: 347: 346: 344: 343: 342: 293: 292: 291: 290: 280: 278: 270: 269: 265: 256: 254: 245: 244: 240: 231: 230: 226: 216: 214: 212: 187: 186: 182: 172: 170: 162: 161: 157: 144: 143: 139: 134: 115:Monhegan Island 56: 53: 48: 46: 44: 43: 24: 17: 16:American artist 12: 11: 5: 351: 349: 341: 340: 335: 330: 325: 320: 315: 310: 305: 295: 294: 289: 288: 263: 238: 224: 210: 180: 155: 150:New York Times 136: 135: 133: 130: 110:Barbara Zucker 87:Frank Williams 79:Susan Williams 74: 73: 70: 66: 65: 62: 58: 57: 54: 41: 39: 35: 34: 26: 25: 23:Susan Williams 22: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 350: 339: 336: 334: 331: 329: 326: 324: 321: 319: 316: 314: 311: 309: 306: 304: 301: 300: 298: 277: 273: 267: 264: 253: 249: 242: 239: 234: 228: 225: 213: 211:9780252031892 207: 203: 199: 194: 193: 184: 181: 169: 165: 159: 156: 151: 147: 141: 138: 131: 129: 127: 123: 118: 116: 111: 107: 102: 100: 96: 92: 88: 84: 80: 71: 67: 63: 59: 40: 36: 32: 27: 20: 279:. Retrieved 275: 266: 255:. Retrieved 251: 241: 227: 217:February 15, 215:. Retrieved 191: 183: 171:. Retrieved 167: 158: 149: 140: 119: 103: 82: 78: 77: 323:1938 births 308:2015 deaths 106:AIR Gallery 83:Susan Lewis 69:Nationality 42:Susan Lewis 297:Categories 281:21 January 257:2018-03-07 200:. p.  173:22 January 132:References 99:Craryville 252:ArtSlant 72:American 55:Chicago 47: ( 208:  168:A.I.R 283:2022 219:2019 206:ISBN 175:2022 61:Died 49:1938 45:1938 38:Born 202:189 124:by 299:: 274:. 250:. 204:. 196:. 166:. 148:. 128:. 285:. 260:. 235:. 177:. 152:. 51:)

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Frank Williams
New York University
San Miguel Allende
Craryville
AIR Gallery
Barbara Zucker
Monhegan Island
Some Living American Women Artists
Mary Beth Edelson
"SUSAN WILLIAMS's Obituary on New York Times"
"Susan Williams"
Feminists Who Changed America, 1963–1975
University of Illinois Press
189
ISBN
9780252031892
"What is AIR Gallery"
"Catching Up with A.I.R. Gallery: An Advocate for Women Artists for Over 40 Years | ArtSlant"
"Some Living American Women Artists/Last Supper"
Categories
20th-century American women artists
2015 deaths
Artists from Chicago
Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development alumni
1938 births
21st-century American women artists
20th-century American artists
21st-century American artists

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