HANK WILLIS THOMAS "AFTER IDENTITY, WHAT?", 2011 Harold Town Drawing This drawing showcases three comic-strip

This drawing showcases three comic-strip style drawings

to the absurd or banal to the highly menacing:

Expressive in its simplicity

that intensifies his commanding presence

Feted and vilified in equal measure

HANK WILLIS THOMAS "AFTER IDENTITY, WHAT?", 2011 Harold Town Drawing This drawing showcases three comic-stripHank 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