Chicago Works: New Works by Amanda Williams
Three Peas Art Lounge www.threepeasartlounge.com
75 E. 16th Street
312-624-9414

Exhibition: October 2-November 4
Opening: October 2, 6-10pm

Inspired by Harold Washington's campaign for a hardworking, functional city, Chicago's South Side native Amanda Williams explores the blue collar mentality and work ethic and how it pervades racial and class lines. Included in the show is Williams's Receipt Project which features works generated by soliciting source material from Facebook "friends" in exchange for a penny. "A Penny for your Thoughts" and its companion piece "Return on the Dollar" consider ideas of what "change" means in the Obama era while exploring the double meanings of "change" and "exchange" with regards to money and evolution.

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