P·P·O·W is pleased to present Good Mourning, Robin F. Williams’s fifth solo exhibition with the gallery. Featuring a series of new large-scale paintings and gouaches on paper, this exhibition builds upon Williams’s previous examinations of the constructions of gender in portraiture, advertising, folklore, and social media. An avid cinephile, Williams found themself looking for ‘the paintings’ in horror films and psychological thrillers. These films cultivated a generative space for Williams, revealing transformative moments where both composition and narrative collide. In Good Mourning, Williams blends their filmic references with art historical and cultural events to develop a type of fan fiction that creates space for alternative endings.

Good Mourning is accompanied by a zine offering visitors insight into Williams’s source imagery.