Acrylic Paint, Interference Oil 

"Space Material"

22" x 52" x 2" 

Artist Replete presents "Never Fold - Puzzle" from Chicago artist Arthur J. Williams Jr. During the 2020 pandemic, the artist began experimenting with different materials to recreate how money crumples when it's put in a pocket. The idea took years of development with trial and error on many different types of paper until the artist found one suitable for the creation. A material that hardens with liquid. The artist calls it "Space Material".  

Puzzle pieces have appeared in a variety of Arthurs work over the years but never on this material. The puzzle is in reference to cracking the counterfeit code with all security features pieced together to equal a perfect replica of U.S. currency.