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    PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 27 March 2010 THE ESTATE OF LG WILLIAMS WAIKIKI HAWAII 96815 I N F O @ L G W I L L I A M S . C O M W W W . L G W I L L I A M S . C O M P. 415-937-1306 F. 413-294-3414 STUDIO HOURS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY LG Williams Bypasses Gallery System, Makes 18 New Paintings To Be Sold On Facebook By B. BANGGAY PIERRE LOS ANGELES — Artist LG Williams, making a muscular show of his artistic authority just one day after surfing Hawaii’s premier Sunset Beach, said Saturday that he would bypass the gallery system and make 18 new paintings and offer them for sale on Facebook. Coming on the heels of Mr. Williams’ big victory in Texas Hold ‘em, Saturday’s move suggests a newly emboldened artist who is unafraid to provoke a confrontation with the many minor and irrelevant artists scattered across the globe. “The United States Artworld has the responsibility to approve or disprove of my paintings,” Mr. Williams said in a statement. “But if, in the interest of scoring artistic points, Museums, Curators and Gallery Dealers in the USA refuse to exercise that responsibility, I must act in the interest of the American people and exercise my artistic authority to make art while I am not surfing or playing cards or sunbathing or dining or land-training or pressing the Avant-Garde forward into unimagined territory as world civilization collapses under the weight of cowardliness and ignorance.” It was the first time the artist has used his artistic authority to fill listed commissions with his gallery representatives, thus avoiding the requirement for the advice and consent of the gallery reps. Mr. Williams, who currently has 217 commissions pending and 77 awaiting permission to purchase, said the American Artworld had given him little choice. “At a time of artistic emergency, six or nine top collectors have been held up for nearly six months,” Mr. Williams said. “I simply cannot allow artisan politics to stand in the way of great art and the basic functioning of my art studio and assistants.” Mr. Tim Brown, director of Telephonebooth Gallery in Kansas City, said he was still answering collector’s questions about Mr. Williams’ artwork for private and corporate collections, and Ms. Bonnie Froman was answering questions about “what appeared to be conflicting information about LG Williams”— questions that, the artist said, were “directly irrelevant” to the positions they seek to define. Mr. Williams’ Facebook address is: facebook.com/lgwilliams B. Banggay Pierre’s partner, Xavier, contributed reporting from New York. # # # # # More Information: press@lgwilliams.com or 415–937–1306 Copyright © 1998-2010 LG WILLIAMS and The Estate of LG WILLIAMS http://www.lgwilliams.com

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    PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 27 March 2010 THE ESTATE OF LG WILLIAMS WAIKIKI HAWAII 96815 I N F O @ L G W I L L I A M S . C O M W W W . L G W I L L I A M S . C O M P. 415-937-1306 F. 413-294-3414 STUDIO HOURS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY LG Williams Bypasses Gallery System, Makes 18 New Paintings To Be Sold On Facebook By B. BANGGAY PIERRE LOS ANGELES — Artist LG Williams, making a muscular show of his artistic authority just one day after surfing Hawaii’s premier Sunset Beach, said Saturday that he would bypass the gallery system and make 18 new paintings and offer them for sale on Facebook. Coming on the heels of Mr. Williams’ big victory in Texas Hold ‘em, Saturday’s move suggests a newly emboldened artist who is unafraid to provoke a confrontation with the many minor and irrelevant artists scattered across the globe. “The United States Artworld has the responsibility to approve or disprove of my paintings,” Mr. Williams said in a statement. “But if, in the interest of scoring artistic points, Museums, Curators and Gallery Dealers in the USA refuse to exercise that responsibility, I must act in the interest of the American people and exercise my artistic authority to make art while I am not surfing or playing cards or sunbathing or dining or land-training or pressing the Avant-Garde forward into unimagined territory as world civilization collapses under the weight of cowardliness and ignorance.” It was the first time the artist has used his artistic authority to fill listed commissions with his gallery representatives, thus avoiding the requirement for the advice and consent of the gallery reps. Mr. Williams, who currently has 217 commissions pending and 77 awaiting permission to purchase, said the American Artworld had given him little choice. “At a time of artistic emergency, six or nine top collectors have been held up for nearly six months,” Mr. Williams said. “I simply cannot allow artisan politics to stand in the way of great art and the basic functioning of my art studio and assistants.” Mr. Tim Brown, director of Telephonebooth Gallery in Kansas City, said he was still answering collector’s questions about Mr. Williams’ artwork for private and corporate collections, and Ms. Bonnie Froman was answering questions about “what appeared to be conflicting information about LG Williams”— questions that, the artist said, were “directly irrelevant” to the positions they seek to define. Mr. Williams’ Facebook address is: facebook.com/lgwilliams B. Banggay Pierre’s partner, Xavier, contributed reporting from New York. # # # # # More Information: press@lgwilliams.com or 415–937–1306 Copyright © 1998-2010 LG WILLIAMS and The Estate of LG WILLIAMS http://www.lgwilliams.com

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    PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 27 March 2010 THE ESTATE OF LG WILLIAMS WAIKIKI HAWAII 96815 I N F O @ L G W I L L I A M S . C O M W W W . L G W I L L I A M S . C O M P. 415-937-1306 F. 413-294-3414 STUDIO HOURS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY LG Williams Bypasses Gallery System, Makes 18 New Paintings To Be Sold On Facebook By B. BANGGAY PIERRE LOS ANGELES — Artist LG Williams, making a muscular show of his artistic authority just one day after surfing Hawaii’s premier Sunset Beach, said Saturday that he would bypass the gallery system and make 18 new paintings and offer them for sale on Facebook. Coming on the heels of Mr. Williams’ big victory in Texas Hold ‘em, Saturday’s move suggests a newly emboldened artist who is unafraid to provoke a confrontation with the many minor and irrelevant artists scattered across the globe. “The United States Artworld has the responsibility to approve or disprove of my paintings,” Mr. Williams said in a statement. “But if, in the interest of scoring artistic points, Museums, Curators and Gallery Dealers in the USA refuse to exercise that responsibility, I must act in the interest of the American people and exercise my artistic authority to make art while I am not surfing or playing cards or sunbathing or dining or land-training or pressing the Avant-Garde forward into unimagined territory as world civilization collapses under the weight of cowardliness and ignorance.” It was the first time the artist has used his artistic authority to fill listed commissions with his gallery representatives, thus avoiding the requirement for the advice and consent of the gallery reps. Mr. Williams, who currently has 217 commissions pending and 77 awaiting permission to purchase, said the American Artworld had given him little choice. “At a time of artistic emergency, six or nine top collectors have been held up for nearly six months,” Mr. Williams said. “I simply cannot allow artisan politics to stand in the way of great art and the basic functioning of my art studio and assistants.” Mr. Tim Brown, director of Telephonebooth Gallery in Kansas City, said he was still answering collector’s questions about Mr. Williams’ artwork for private and corporate collections, and Ms. Bonnie Froman was answering questions about “what appeared to be conflicting information about LG Williams”— questions that, the artist said, were “directly irrelevant” to the positions they seek to define. Mr. Williams’ Facebook address is: facebook.com/lgwilliams B. Banggay Pierre’s partner, Xavier, contributed reporting from New York. # # # # # More Information: press@lgwilliams.com or 415–937–1306 Copyright © 1998-2010 LG WILLIAMS and The Estate of LG WILLIAMS http://www.lgwilliams.com

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    PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

    27 March 2010

    THE ESTATE OF LG WILLIAMS


    WAIKIKI HAWAII 96815
    INFO@LGWILLIAMS.COM
    WWW.LGWILLIAMS.COM
    P. 415-937-1306
    F. 413-294-3414
    STUDIO HOURS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY

    LG Williams Bypasses Gallery System, Makes 18 New


    Paintings To Be Sold On Facebook
    By B. BANGGAY PIERRE

    LOS ANGELES — Artist LG Williams, making pending and 77 awaiting permission to purchase,
    a muscular show of his artistic authority just said the American Artworld had given him little
    one day after surfing Hawaii’s premier Sunset choice.
    Beach, said Saturday that he would bypass the
    gallery system and make 18 new paintings and “At a time of artistic emergency, six or nine top
    offer them for sale on Facebook. collectors have been held up for nearly six
    months,” Mr. Williams said. “I simply cannot
    Coming on the heels of Mr. Williams’ big victory allow artisan politics to stand in the way of great
    in Texas Hold ‘em, Saturday’s move suggests a art and the basic functioning of my art studio and
    newly emboldened artist who is unafraid to assistants.”
    provoke a confrontation with the many minor and
    irrelevant artists scattered across the globe. Mr. Tim Brown, director of Telephonebooth
    Gallery in Kansas City, said he was still answering
    “The United States Artworld has the responsibility collector’s questions about Mr. Williams’ artwork
    to approve or disprove of my paintings,” Mr. for private and corporate collections, and Ms.
    Williams said in a statement. “But if, in the interest Bonnie Froman was answering questions about
    of scoring artistic points, Museums, Curators and “what appeared to be conflicting information about
    Gallery Dealers in the USA refuse to exercise that LG Williams”— questions that, the artist said,
    responsibility, I must act in the interest of the were “directly irrelevant” to the positions they seek
    American people and exercise my artistic authority to define.
    to make art while I am not surfing or playing cards
    or sunbathing or dining or land-training or pressing Mr. Williams’ Facebook address is:
    the Avant-Garde forward into unimagined territory facebook.com/lgwilliams
    as world civilization collapses under the weight of
    cowardliness and ignorance.” B. Banggay Pierre’s partner, Xavier, contributed
    reporting from New York.
    It was the first time the artist has used his artistic
    authority to fill listed commissions with his gallery #####
    representatives, thus avoiding the requirement for
    the advice and consent of the gallery reps. Mr. More Information:
    Williams, who currently has 217 commissions press@lgwilliams.com or 415–937–1306

    Copyright © 1998-2010 LG WILLIAMS and The Estate of LG WILLIAMS http://www.lgwilliams.com

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