Art in Focus: Hank Willis Thomas
About This Event
Brooklyn-based conceptual artist Hank Willis Thomas brings research-driven work on identity, history and the visual language of advertising to Rockefeller Center. Drawing on collaborative projects and archival methods, he adapts investigations of representation to a highly public Midtown setting. The presentation focuses on how power is encoded in everyday media, favoring precision and context over spectacle as images circulate among commuters and visitors.
About the Artist
Hank Willis Thomas
Hank Willis Thomas is a Brooklyn-based conceptual artist whose work examines identity, history, and the visual language of advertising and popular culture. In *Art in Focus: Hank Willis Thomas* at Rockefeller Center, his investigations of representation move into a highly public Midtown setting, where images circulate as quickly as the people.