http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/2010Biennial/RobertWilliams Recent or recently updated pages on the Whitney Museum of American Art website &copy; 2012 Whitney Museum of American Art en-us Economy <p><font color="#7f7f7f">Exhibitions/2010Biennial/RobertWilliams</font></p> <p><a href="http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/2010Biennial/RobertWilliams"><img border="0" src="/image_columns/0015/1326/blank_319.png" /></a></p> <div><p>Robert Williams&rsquo;s watercolors picture a world in which the laws of physics wreak havoc on suburban neighborhoods and tommy gun&ndash;wielding cowboys with tomatoes for heads haunt the forests. Williams&rsquo;s self-described &ldquo;lowbrow&rdquo; aesthetic is idiosyncratic and deeply rooted in the vernacular aesthetics of Californian subcultures. To create his meticulously crafted works, he applies classical fine art techniques to the visual language of underground comix and custom cars, informed by his early experiences of painting hot rods at Ed &ldquo;Big Daddy&rdquo; Roth&rsquo;s legendary auto shop and contributing mind-expanded drawings to R. Crumb&rsquo;s <i>Zap Comix</i> in the 1960s. In the cultural space between the museum and the comic book convention, Williams&rsquo;s work has fostered an audience for self-conscious, uncompromising art that can also be truly popular.</p></div> Whitney Museum of American Art Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:41:53 -0400 http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/2010Biennial/RobertWilliams http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/2010Biennial/RobertWilliams