Brittney Leeanne Williams - New Now New York Wednesday, March 8, 2023 | Phillips

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  • Brittney Leeanne Williams’ emotive figures bend and mold in exhaustion and abundance, the deeply hued red creating an emotive landscape. The body becomes the blueprint through which negative space and depth become apparent in the canvas, created by arched forms of back, breast, and legs to develop an architectural landscape. The arched back without a face becomes a vessel through which to explore a universal experience of memory and trauma related to being a woman and feminine and Black identity. Williams has noted that red derives from the pulsing light of ambulances in Chicago: “I think the reason the body became red was from being back in the city where there were ambulance sirens […] This red, pulsing light had the ability to choreograph the pace of a street. It could get people to stop, this red siren was a signal that forced recognition. So I wanted that for the black female experience, for the women, for myself, when thinking about this urgent state.”i

     

     

    i “Brittney Leeanne Williams’ Deep Red Paintings Signal Female Trauma,” Elephant, April 29, 2020, online.

    • Description

      A portion of both Phillips’ revenue and the consignor’s proceeds for this Lot will benefit Foster Pride. Foster Pride is a New York-based charity that works to provide financial support and mentorships to young adults in the foster care system pursuing a career in the arts.

      Copyright Brittney Leeanne Williams. Courtesy of the artist and Alexander Berggruen, NY. Photographs Copyright of Phillips 2023.

    • Provenance

      Courtesy of the Artist and Alexander Berggruen, New York

Property sold to benefit Foster Pride Charity

160

Disk

signed, titled, inscribed and dated "Brittney Leeanne Williams 2022 Disk North Hollywood CA" on the reverse
acrylic and gouache on canvas
20 x 16 1/8 in. (50.8 x 41 cm)
Executed in 2022.

Full Cataloguing

Estimate
$7,000 - 10,000 

Sold for $19,050

Contact Specialist

Avery Semjen
Head of Sale, New Now
212 940 1207
asemjen@phillips.com

New Now

New York Auction 8 March 2023