Hank Willis Thomas

Concept artist Hank Willis Thomas uses photos to explore identity, history, race, class problems. Inspired by the work of Carey Mayhemus, Lorna Simpson and his mother, photographer Deborah Willis, he says that in order to solve the ignored problem of consumer culture often overlooked in our pop culture I will use familiar images. Print advertisements in 1968 (landmark year in the civil rights movement) were removed from the background to reveal the cultural stereotypes and the way the media continued, and in the "brand" series he He overturned his work. Added a copy of contemporary advertisement to the provocative image. "In recent years, I accepted art culture as a vision culture archaeologist," says Thomas. "I am interested in how popular images teach people how to see themselves and others around the world."

Hank Willis Thomas (born 1976) Basketball and Chain, 2003 Digital C-Print, 99 x 55 inches. Rubell Family Collection, Miami. Hank Willis Thomas in New York, offered by artists and Jack Shainman Gallery, often uses existing advertising languages. "The advantage of doing something with advertising media is that there are lots of people able to decipher it, we are media literacas, because my goal is always to make it a bit double-sided, the concise meaning is There is not - Thomas thinks that the success of advertisement is the result of the ability to strengthen race, gender, race generalization, because it itself reflects the perception of culture.

Hank Willis Thomas is a contemporary American artist known for his photography and artistic expenditure and they examine ethnic identity through advertising and popular culture. "Weibao" critic Arwa Mahadawi expressed Thomas' work as a brand-free "advertisement". Remove the business environment and make it representative of the image of exposure. He is best known throughout his brand portfolio including motivation. Black Power (2006) depicts a smiling African-American male holding a gold and diamond grill on her teeth, written as "Black Power". Born in Plainfield, New Jersey on March 17, 1976, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in photography and African Studies from the Tissue School of Art at New York University and then a Master of Photography from California Institute of Arts. Auckland Thomas lives and works in New York, New York

One of the most successful early projects was the installation of Hank Willis Thomas at the 2015 arsenal show. By transforming the Artsy booth into an interactive text based work, Willis Thomas is directly involved in the tension of art fair art and art, creating retro wall reflection texts and scattered handbags, printing his truth Did. Through Artsy's editorial preview, we can digitally expand his equipment, examine his practices in detail, and provide a worldwide platform for artists. This article received over 5 million impressions through social media sharing. At that time, when he noticed the device, "You can even call my work calling for action, or even call it prosecution - even a challenge." This is a good example of the online / offline approach Artsy can take.