19-07-2016 01:15 via thestranger.com

The Difference Between Artist Amanda Manitach's Best Work and the Work She's Best Known For

The Difference Between Artist Amanda Manitach's Best Work and the Work She's Best Known Forby Jen GravesSeattle artist Amanda Manitach can dash off one of her T-Shirt Girls quickly. They're pencil drawings of pouty, waify white girls with bruisey eyes and long, flowing hair, wearing only heels and crop tops bearing internet memes: "Mercury Made Me Do It," "Shut Up and Have Some Vodka," et cetera.When I went to Roq La Rue Gallery to see Manitach's work before her show opened last week, when it wa
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