HANK WILLIS THOMAS "AFTER IDENTITY, WHAT?", 2011 Harold Town Drawing Feted and vilified in equal

Feted and vilified in equal measure

that intensifies his commanding presence

Expressive in its simplicity

evoking an awkward youngster from the 1940's or 50's

to the absurd or banal to the highly menacing:

HANK WILLIS THOMAS "AFTER IDENTITY, WHAT?", 2011 Harold Town Drawing Feted and vilified in equalHank Willis Thomas (b. 1976) is an American conceptual artist renowned for his thought provoking works that examine the intersection of race, identity, and commodity in pop culture. Trained as a photographer, Thomas' oeuvre is steeped with references of visual culture in America. Through this lens, the artist challenges and dismantles the commodification of Black bodies by subverting ubiquitous iconography, such as logos and source images, that