Artist
Hank Willis Thomas
b. 1976, Plainfield, New Jersey, USA · American · Based in Brooklyn, New York, USA
- New York University
- California College of the Arts, San Francisco
- Conceptual Sculpture
- Photography
- Retroreflective Screen
- Public Monuments
Hank Willis Thomas uses advertising, sports imagery, language and historical photographs to examine race, branding, labor and representation. His work frequently removes commercial text from familiar images, exposing how visual codes continue to communicate even when the product disappears.
Photography; sculpture; installation; public art
Gallery Representation
Artist Films
Hank Willis Thomas in "Bodies of Knowledge" - Season 11 | Art21
Art2114 minOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Virtual Studio Visits: Klaus Biesenbach in Conversation with Hank Willis Thomas
The Museum of Contemporary Art82 minOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Major Works
- 2003Branded Head
- 2005–08Unbranded: Reflections in Black by Corporate America
- 2015Unbranded: A Century of White Women, 1915–2015
- 2014Raise Up
- 2011The Cotton Bowl
- 2016All Power to All People
- 2019Unity
- 2023The Embrace
- 2015Opportunity
- 2004Priceless #1
Museums & Public Collections
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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