Michael Workman

To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Pinewood Derby, pioneered in 1953 by the Manhattan Beach Cub Scouts leader Don Murphy, Chicago artist John Wanzel has organized "Fast Track: Race Day 2003" at Wicker Park's 1/Quarterly Space. A dual exhibit/Pinewood Derby race, Wanzel invited some 55 artists to design and assemble their own Pinewood Derby models from an official Fast Track: Raceday 2003 Pinewood Derby Kit. Among the cars that will race on the day of show are Geoff Smalley's bee-striped black- and yellow-hooded, baby-blue hotrod and Huong Ngo's #12 bare-wood sci-fi racer, an astronaut emblem on the hood, and a plastic-bubbled Lego "Little People" figure in the driver's seat. Wanzel also has produced new video, sound, drawings and more that examine the lives of Ford Motor Company magnate Henry Ford and Boy Scout founder Lord Baden-Powell.

Fast Track: Race Day 2003 shows at 1/Quarterly Space, 1355 North Milwaukee, (773)252-7780, through January 17.

(2003-12-02)

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