Talk and Talk Back: Gallery Talk with Hank Willis Thomas

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Talk and Talk Back: Gallery Talk with Hank Willis Thomas

September 4, 2008, 6:30 PM

Talk and Talk Back: Gallery Talk with Hank Willis Thomas

Join Hank Willis Thomas as he leads a dialogue focusing on identity and image in his work.

 

Hank Willis Thomas, born 1976, appropriates images and language from advertising exploring the intersection of commerce with the cultural ambiguity underlying African American experiences. His 2004 thesis, “Swoosh: Looking Black at Nike, Moses, and Jordan in the ’80s,” explores the process wherebmyth or image can become attached to a graphic symbol. His soon-to-be-completed “Unbranded” series is an exploration of racial typing in capitalist culture. Reproducing 80 images printed between 1968 and 2008 in popular magazine ads targeted to black audiences, “Unbranded” presents text-stripped images, meditating on the creation and dissemination of stereotypes.

 

Free with Museum admission and free to Members