Just George no more. ‘Other Washingtons’ adds inclusive dimension to South Side monument
<p>In her new public art project, Amanda Williams is grappling with what’s in a name. Specifically: Washington.</p><p>It is, of course, the surname of America’s first president, memorialized in bronze in the South Side park named in his honor, where Williams’ latest work was unveiled Thursday.</p><p>In “Other Washingtons,” commissioned by the <a class="Link" href="https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/cmp/monuments_new_desc.html" target="_blank" ><u>Chicago Monuments Project</u></a>, Williams looks beyond George.
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<p>In her new public art project, Amanda Williams is grappling with what’s in a name. Specifically: Washington.</p><p>It is, of course, the surname of America’s first president, memorialized in bronze in the South Side park named in his honor, where Williams’ latest work was unveiled Thursday.</p><p>In “Other Washingtons,” commissioned by the <a class="Link" href="https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/cmp/monuments_new_desc.html" target="_blank" ><u>Chicago Monuments Project</u></a>, Williams looks beyond George. The work honors everyone from Harold Washington, the city’s first Black mayor, to entertainment superstars such as Denzel, Kerry and Dinah, as well as everyday Chicagoans, including Benjamin Washington, the longtime band director at King College Prep high school.</p><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center> <div class="Enhancement-item" data-crop=""> <figure class="Figure"><a class="AnchorLink" id="image-1f0000" name="image-1f0000"></a> <picture data-crop="medium"> <source type="image/webp" width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a0dfbd0/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1684+0+158/resize/490x275!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F35%2F57%2Fe522fd0f4c058e3bc4fc0eb4104c%2F2-other-washingtons-260815-30.jpg 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/669959c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1684+0+158/resize/980x550!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F35%2F57%2Fe522fd0f4c058e3bc4fc0eb4104c%2F2-other-washingtons-260815-30.jpg 2x" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <source width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/34bf128/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1684+0+158/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F35%2F57%2Fe522fd0f4c058e3bc4fc0eb4104c%2F2-other-washingtons-260815-30.jpg" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <img class="Image" alt="OTHER-WASHINGTONS_260815-30.jpg" srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/34bf128/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1684+0+158/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F35%2F57%2Fe522fd0f4c058e3bc4fc0eb4104c%2F2-other-washingtons-260815-30.jpg 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/91c9329/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1684+0+158/resize/980x550!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F35%2F57%2Fe522fd0f4c058e3bc4fc0eb4104c%2F2-other-washingtons-260815-30.jpg 2x" width="490" height="275" data-src="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/34bf128/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1684+0+158/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F35%2F57%2Fe522fd0f4c058e3bc4fc0eb4104c%2F2-other-washingtons-260815-30.jpg" data-lazy-load="true" src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" > </picture> <div class="Figure-content"><figcaption class="Figure-caption"><p>Chicago artist Amanda Williams unveiled her latest public project, “Other Washingtons,” on Thursday. The work adds the stories of dozens of Washingtons to an existing statue featuring the nation’s first president.</p></figcaption><span class="line"></span><div class="Figure-credit"><p>Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times</p></div></div> </figure> </div> </div><p>Their stories are told through words and photos on 40 colorful flags and banners that now surround <a class="Link" href="https://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks-facilities/washington-george-washington-monument" target="_blank" ><u>the existing statue of a mounted Washington</u></a>, laid out like the ring of American flags at the Washington Monument in D.C.</p><p>“The stories don’t have to be something extraordinary in the sense of how we, in present day, think people should be kind of deified,” said Williams, the prolific 51-year-old <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/10/12/23398990/macarthur-fellows-genius-grants-2022-reuben-jonathan-miller-tomeka-reid-amanda-williams" target="_blank" ><u>local artist and architect</u></a>.
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- <p>In her new public art project, Amanda Williams is grappling with what’s in a name. Specifically: Washington.</p><p>It is, of course, the surname of America’s first president, memorialized in bronze in the South Side park named in his honor, where Williams’ latest work was unveiled Thursday.</p><p>In “Other Washingtons,” commissioned by the <a class="Link" href="https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/cmp/monuments_new_desc.html" target="_blank" ><u>Chicago Monuments Project</u></a>, Williams looks beyond George.
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