ART - 2D: PAINTING / DRAWING, COLOR, and DESIGN: Artists

Amanda Williams: Artist / Architect / Educator / Activist - Color(ed) Theory | M 03 October 2016 | Alan H Rider Distinguished Lecture. "Amanda Williams jumped to the forefront of multidisciplinary design practice with her project, Color(ed) Theory, included in the inaugural Chicago Architecture Biennial. A site-specific commentary on the spatial implications of race, class, and opportunity in a city divided, houses slated for demolition were painted in bright hues to activate vacant and unused blocks while interrogating their history and meaning within our shared cultural context. Williams has always bridged divergent worlds in her life and her work: growing up in the Auburn-Gresham neighborhood and attending an Ivy-League university (Cornell); practicing architecture while engaging with artistic practice; working anonymously and illegally then being embraced by the establishment...."

TEDWomen 2018: "Amanda Williams shares her lifelong fascination with the complexity of color: from her experiences with race and redlining to her discovery of color theory to her work as a visual artist. Journey with Williams to Chicago's South Side and explore "Color(ed) Theory," a two-year art project in which she painted soon-to-be-demolished houses bold, monochromatic colors infused with local meaning -- catalyzing conversations and making the hidden visible."

Images, gallery text and brochure from the exhibition "Chicago Works: Amanda Williams", July 18-December 31, 2017 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.

Website: "Van Gogh Worldwide is a free digital platform providing art-historical and technical data about the work of Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890). The artist produced a total of approximately 2000 artworks... For now, all works by Vincent van Gogh in the Netherlands are being presented: over 1000 paintings and works on paper."