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CandyLadyBlack (Can You Feel It Too Just Like I Do), 2022
Oil, mixed media on wood panel
2 panels, each 40 x 80 in
80 x 80 inches (203.2 x 203.2 cm)
© Amanda Williams - Photo: Jacob Hand
Courtesy the artist and Gagosian
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CandyLadyBlack (Can You Feel It Too Just Like I Do)
, 2022 Gagosian
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CandyLadyBlack (Even When You Talk It Takes Over Me), 2022
Oil, mixed media on canvas
60 x 60 inches (152.4 x 152.4 cm)
© Amanda Williams - Photo: Jacob Hand
Courtesy the artist and Gagosian
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Amanda Williams
CandyLadyBlack (Even When You Talk It Takes Over Me)
, 2022 Gagosian
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CandyLadyBlack (Just when I think I know you...), 2022
Oil, foam shoulder pad, mixed media on wood panel
20 x 20 inches (50.8 x 50.8 cm)
© Amanda Williams - Photo: Jacob Hand
Courtesy the artist and Gagosian
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CandyLadyBlack (Just when I think I know you...)
, 2022 Gagosian
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What black is this you say?—”You’re hard headed AND tender headed at the same time”—black (09.12.20), 2021
Oil, mixed media on canvas
60 x 60 inches
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What black is this you say?—”You’re hard headed AND...
, 2021 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What black is this you say?—“You wish you could see the black on the inside of Stevie Wonder’s eyelids so you too could have inner visions”—black (09.24.20), 2021
Oil, mixed medium on linen over wood panel
60 x 60 inches
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What black is this you say?—“You wish you could see the...
, 2021 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What black is this you say?—”You iron your jeans; heavy starch”—black (11.11.21), 2021
Oil, mixed media on canvas
60 x 60 inches
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What black is this you say?—”You iron your jeans; heavy...
, 2021 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What black is this you say?—“You’re more of a 2pac than a BIPOC”—black (09.21.20), 2021
Oil, mixed media on canvas
60 x 60 inches
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What black is this you say?—“You’re more of a 2pac...
, 2021 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What black is this you say?—“You’re not African-American, you’re black”—black (08.20.20), 2021
Oil, mixed media on wood panel
20 x 20 inches
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What black is this you say?—“You’re not...
, 2021 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What black is this you say?—-“Although I don’t advocate for it’s use, every child should know the purpose of a green switch”—black (06.11.20), 2021
Watercolor on paper
Framed Dimensions: 11.75 x 8.75 inches
Paper Dimensions: 10 x 7 inches
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What black is this you say?—-“Although I don’t...
, 2021 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What black is this you say?—-“You believe that since we invented time we’re always right on it, we deserve a special term to acknowledge such. You embrace the term CP.”—-black (06.29.20), 2021
Watercolor on paper
Framed Dimensions: 11.75 x 8.75 inches; Paper Dimensions: 10 x 7 inches;
Overall Dimensions: 11.75 x 17.5 inches
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What black is this you say?—-“You believe that since we...
, 2021 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What black is this you say?—-“You believe that since we invented time we’re always right on it, and can therefore never be late. You reject the term CP.”—- black (06.29.20), 2021
Watercolor on paper
Framed Dimensions: 11.75 x 8.75 inches; Paper Dimensions: 10 x 7 inches;
Overall Dimensions: 11.75 x 17.5 inches
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What black is this you say?—-“You believe that since we...
, 2021 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What Black Is This You Say? "You once told me you wanted to live somewhere where there are more than 4 or 5 ways to be black" -black, 2021
Oil, mixed media on wood panel
60 x 60 inches
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What Black Is This You Say? "You once told me you wanted to...
, 2021 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What Black Is This You Say? "I got a lot of ‘play cousins’” -black (06.04.20), 2020
Watercolor on paper
11.75 x 8.75 inches (10 x 7 inches)
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What Black Is This You Say? "I got a lot of ‘play...
, 2020 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What Black Is This You Say? “Whatchu cain’t do is tell black people what they not gone do”-black, v2 (10.13.20), 2020
Watercolor on paper
11.75 x 8.75 inches (10 x 7 inches)
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What Black Is This You Say? “Whatchu cain’t do is tell...
, 2020 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What Black Is This You Say? “You once told me you wanted to live somewhere where there are more than 4 or 5 ways to be black”-black, v1 (11.05.20), 2020
Watercolor on paper
11.75 x 8.75 inches (10 x 7 inches)
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What Black Is This You Say? “You once told me you wanted...
, 2020 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What Black Is This You Say? “You put sugar on your Frosted Flakes”—black, v4 (06.06.20), 2020
Watercolor on paper
11.75 x 8.75 inches (10 x 7 inches)
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What Black Is This You Say? “You put sugar on your...
, 2020 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What Black Is This You Say? “You think you better than me”-black, v2 (07.06.20), 2020
Watercolor on paper
11.75 x 8.75 inches (10 x 7 inches)
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What Black Is This You Say? “You think you better than...
, 2020 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What Black Is This You Say? “You’ve never known real love so you mistake my care as pity and feeling sorry for you”—black, v1 (study for 06.09.20), 2020
Watercolor on paper
11.75 x 8.75 inches (10 x 7 inches)
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What Black Is This You Say? “You’ve never known real...
, 2020 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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Feel the Warmth and Luxury, 2020
Faux fur, gold leaf on wood panel
16 x 9 inches
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Feel the Warmth and Luxury
, 2020 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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Feel the Warmth and Luxury, 2020 (detail)
Faux fur, gold leaf on wood panel
16 x 9 inches
© Amanda Williams - Photo: all rights reserved
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Feel the Warmth and Luxury
, 2020 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What black is this you say?—-“Your love of bird watching could have caused your death that day. Your Harvard degree does not insure your safety”—black (study for 06.22.20), 2020
Watercolor on paper
7 x 10 inches - 8.75 x 11.75 inches (framed)
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What black is this you say?—-“Your love of bird...
, 2020 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What black is this you say?—“You wish you could see the black on the inside of Stevie Wonder’s eyelids so you too could have inner visions”—-black, v2 (study for 09.24.20), 2020
Watercolor on paper
7 x 10 inches - 8.75 x 11.75 inches (framed)
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What black is this you say?—“You wish you could see the...
, 2020 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What black is this you say?—-“You refuse to stop saying ‘irregardless’ despite knowing that it is in fact NOT a word.”—- black (study for 06.12.20), 2020
Watercolor on paper
7 x 10 inches - 8.75 x 11.75 inches (framed)
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What black is this you say?—-“You refuse to stop saying...
, 2020 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What black is this you say?—“You’re not African-American, you’re black”—black (study for 08.20.20), 2020
Watercolor on paper
7 x 10 inches - 8.75 x 11.75 inches (framed)
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What black is this you say?—“You’re not...
, 2020 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What Black is this you say?—“Until the day he died, my father drove out to Pullman Bank on 111th (even after it was bought by US Bank) to do his banking because it was the only bank that would give him a small business loan to start his accounting fi, 2020
Watercolor on paper
7 x 10 inches - 8.75 x 11.75 inches (framed)
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What Black is this you say?—“Until the day he died, my...
, 2020 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What Black is this you say?—“I thought red kool-aid was juice til I was 10 years old”—black (study for 06.03.20), 2020
Watercolor on paper
7 x 10 inches - 8.75 x 11.75 inches (framed)
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What Black is this you say?—“I thought red kool-aid was...
, 2020 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What black is this you say?—You still wanna cop that Gordon Gartrelle knock- off Denise made for Theo; two-tone flap in the back”—black (study for 06.18.20), 2020
Watercolor on paper
7 x 10 inches - 8.75 x 11.75 inches (framed)
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What black is this you say?—You still wanna cop that...
, 2020 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What black is this you say?—“Wearing matching outfits with your boyfriend to go to Great America the day after prom” —black (study for 06.09.20), 2020
Watercolor on paper
7 x 10 inches - 8.75 x 11.75 inches (framed)
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What black is this you say?—“Wearing matching outfits...
, 2020 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What black is this you say?—“You put sugar on your Frosted Flakes”—black (study for 06.06.20), 2020
Watercolor on paper
7 x 10 inches - 8.75 x 11.75 inches (framed)
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What black is this you say?—“You put sugar on your...
, 2020 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What black is this you say?—“You can recite the names of more unarmed black people killed by police violence, than you can the names of black people holding U. S. Patents for innovation.”—black (study for 07.15.20), 2020
Watercolor on paper
7 x 10 inches - 8.75 x 11.75 inches (framed)
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What black is this you say?—“You can recite the names...
, 2020 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What black is this you say?—“You got good hair cuz you got some Indian in your family”—black, (study for 08.20.20), 2020
Watercolor on paper
21 x 10 inches (triptych)
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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What black is this you say?—“You got good hair cuz you...
, 2020 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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A Condition of Skin: A Passing Hazard, 2020
Oil, mixed media on panel
16 x 8 inches (diptych)
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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A Condition of Skin: A Passing Hazard
, 2020 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What black is this you say?—“None of your business”—black (11.06.20), 2020
Oil, mixed media on wood panel
20 x 20 inches
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What black is this you say?—“None of your...
, 2020 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What black is this you say?—“You thought getting Obama elected meant you could take a break from blackness”— black (study for 08.09.20), 2020
Watercolor on paper
7 x 10 inches - 8.75 x 11.75 inches (framed)
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What black is this you say?—“You thought getting Obama...
, 2020 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What black is this you say?—“Pink Oil has smoothed over so much and solved so many problems I’ve contemplated using it for cooking oil AND as glue”—black (study 06.07.20), 2020
Watercolor on paper
7 x 10 inches - 8.75 x 11.75 inches (framed)
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What black is this you say?—“Pink Oil has smoothed over...
, 2020 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What black is this you say?—“You’re hard headed AND tender headed at the same time”—black (study for 09.12.20), 2020
Watercolor on paper
7 x 10 inches - 8.75 x 11.75 inches (framed)
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What black is this you say?—“You’re hard headed AND...
, 2020 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What black is this you say?—“All the too cool for school Dads on our block growing up who called me ‘suga’, could expertly hold a convo, cut grass, join in on the young cats street ball game, and never forget to wave bye to you as they left for work,, 2020
Watercolor on paper
7 x 10 inches - 8.75 x 11.75 inches (framed)
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What black is this you say?—“All the too cool for...
, 2020 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What black is this you say—“That’s why Black people ain’t never gone get nowhere”—black (study for 08.12.20), 2020
Watercolor on paper
7 x 10 inches - 8.75 x 11.75 inches (framed)
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What black is this you say—“That’s why Black people...
, 2020 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What black is this you say?—“You didn’t know the word ‘fat’, existed when you were growing up. Everyone you knew described black women in particular, as ‘heavy-set’, ‘big-boned’, full-figured’, healthy, and of course, ‘thick’; ‘skinny’ was not someth, 2020
Watercolor on paper
7 x 10 inches - 8.75 x 11.75 inches (framed)
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What black is this you say?—“You didn’t know the word...
, 2020 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What black is this you say?—“A west side imma snatch-yo-edges-back-with-a-hand- gesture black”—black (study for 08.27.20), 2020
Watercolor on paper
7 x 10 inches - 8.75 x 11.75 inches (framed)
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What black is this you say?—“A west side imma...
, 2020 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What black is this you say?—“You’re always confused about why anyone would think you would want to celebrate suffragists when black woman are STILL suffering.”—black (study for 08.27.20), 2020
Watercolor on paper
7 x 10 inches - 8.75 x 11.75 inches (framed)
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What black is this you say?—“You’re always confused...
, 2020 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What black is this you say?—“You’re not African-American, you’re black”—black (08.23.20), 2020
Oil on linen stretched over panel
60 x 60 inches
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What black is this you say?—“You’re not...
, 2020 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What black is this you say?—-“Apparently even Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben’s Lives Matter now.”—black (06.17.20), 2020
Oil, mixed media on wood panel
20 x 20 inches
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What black is this you say?—-“Apparently even Aunt...
, 2020 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What black is this you say?—“You wish you could see the black on the inside of Stevie Wonder’s eyelids so you too could have inner visions”—-black, v2 (09.24.20), 2020
Oil on linen stretched over panel
20 x 20 inches
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What black is this you say?—“You wish you could see the...
, 2020 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What Black is this you say?—“Until the day he died, my father drove out to Pullman Bank on 111th (even after it was bought by US Bank) to do his banking because it was the only bank that would give him a small business loan to start his accounting fi, 2020
Oil on linen stretched over panel
60 x 60 inches
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What Black is this you say?—“Until the day he died, my...
, 2020 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What black is this you say?—“You thought getting Obama elected meant you could take a break from blackness”— black (08.09.20), 2020
Oil, mixed media on wood panel
60 x 60 inches
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What black is this you say?—“You thought getting Obama...
, 2020 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What black is this you say?—-“You secretly believe praying over your smothered pork chops reduces the risk of hypertension and calories”—-black (06.06.20), 2020
Oil, mixed media on wood panel
20 x 20 inches
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What black is this you say?—-“You secretly believe...
, 2020 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What black is this you say?—-“It’s easier for young black men to rip an entire ATM out of a bank drive-thru machine and crack it open to get to the money than it is for them to get a job, Bank Account or Loan from that same bank”—black (06.03.20), 2020
Oil, mixed media wood panel
20 x 20 inches
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What black is this you say?—-“It’s easier for young...
, 2020 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What black is this you say?—“Your brown is blacker than thou”—-black (study for 07.06.20), 2020
Oil, mixed media on wood panel
20 x 20 inches
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What black is this you say?—“Your brown is blacker than...
, 2020 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What black is this you say?—“Your mother calmly explaining to you all from her perch in the front seat of the car, that you had better not embarrass her nor the race once you get inside Evergreen Plaza.” —black (study for 06.11.20), 2020
Oil, mixed media on wood panel
20 x 20 inches
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What black is this you say?—“Your mother calmly...
, 2020 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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What black is this you say?—“Your love of bird watching could have caused your death that day. Your Harvard degree does not insure your safety”—black (06.22.20), 2020
Oil, mixed media on wood panel
20 x 20 inches
© Amanda Williams
Courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
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Amanda Williams
What black is this you say?—“Your love of bird watching...
, 2020 Rhona Hoffman Gallery
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