Robin F. Williams “Undying” @ Perrotin
May 09, 2024 at 5:00pm ~ Jun 22, 2024 at 7:00pm
Robin F. Williams, Blacula , 2023. Oil on canvas, 127 x 177.8 cm | 50 x 70 inch. Photo by JSP Art Photography. Courtesy of the artist, P·P·O·W, and Perrotin.
Robin F. Williams: Undying comprises a selection of new paintings and drawings that explore the psychological dimensions of intimacy across multiple film genres.
Through new paintings and drawings, this exhibition explores the psychological dimension of intimacy found in films of various genres. The scenes depicted sometimes have a lustrous softness, and sometimes capture the lingering moments of a sexual relationship. Some scenes capture moments of leering tenderness. Others, the afterglow of an unholy encounter.
Each explores the dynamics of coercion, transgression, and submission that shape obsessive relationships while embracing the ambiguity of sexual agency therein. Both explore the dynamics of domination, deviation, and submission that form obsessive relationships, while also depicting the ambiguity of inherent sexual subjectivity.
Undying extends Williams’s enduring engagement with the representation of women and the construction of gender in portraiture, advertising, folklore, social media, and film. Her vivid imagery is as diverse as her source material.
Exhibition opening event
May 9
5pm – 7pm
Information
Start: May 9th 2024 at 5:00pm
End: Jun 22nd 2024 at 7:00pm
Perrotin
