Good Sport, 2019

Hong Kong 2019
Good Sport

P.P.O.W

Painting
Acrylic and oil on canvas
152.4 x 167.6 (厘米)
60.0 x 66.0 (吋)
Robin F. Williams (b.1984) utilizes a variety of techniques, including oil, airbrush, and the staining of raw canvas, to create lush, deeply textured paintings. "Good Sport" 2019, depicts a nude, vaguely computer-generated female enthusiastically mugging for the camera, even when shot through the chest with an arrow. Referencing an iconic image of the America actress Farrah Fawcett, this sardonically titled mixed-media painting continues Williams’ investigation of perceived status, internal desires, and a need for self-expression within the framework of pop-cultural femininity. In her review of Williams' 2017 exhibition Your Good Taste is Showing, Roberta Smith of the New York Times wrote: "These painting are timely, but they are also enigmatic, off-putting and out there in rewarding ways.” Robin F. Williams was born in Ohio and lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. She received her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. She has been included in numerous exhibitions nationally and internationally. Williams has been honored as the Josephine Mercy Heathcote Fellow at The MacDowell Colony.