Hank Willis Thomas

(American, born 1976)

Hank Willis Thomas is a contemporary American artist best known for his photography and appropriation art that considers racial identity through the lens of advertising and popular culture. Critic Arwa Mahadawi of The Guardian described Thomas’ work as un-branding “advertising: stripping away the commercial context, and leaving the exposed image to speak for itself.” He is most famed for his oeuvre Branded Series, among which is the dynamic piece Black Power (2006), depicting a smiling African-American man with the phrase “Black Power” overlaid in a gold and diamond grill on his teeth. Born on March 17, 1976 in Plainfield, NJ, Thomas went on study at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, where he received a BFA in photography and Africana studies, later receiving his MFA in photography from the California College of the Arts in Oakland. His work is in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, among others, and he has been a professor at MFA programs at Yale University and the Maryland Institute College of Art. Thomas lives and works in New York, NY.

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Alive with Pleasure! Chorus Line from Fair..., 2010

Hank Willis Thomas

Alive with Pleasure! Chorus Line from Fair..., 2010

Sale Date: October 7, 2021

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She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry, 2018

Hank Willis Thomas

She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry, 2018

Sale Date: October 7, 2021

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All Li es Matter, 2019

Hank Willis Thomas

All Li es Matter, 2019

Sale Date: September 23, 2021

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All Li es Matter, 2019

Hank Willis Thomas

All Li es Matter, 2019

Sale Date: September 15, 2021

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Love Over Rules, 2020

Hank Willis Thomas

Love Over Rules, 2020

Sale Date: September 1, 2021

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All Li es Matter (2019), 2019

Hank Willis Thomas

All Li es Matter (2019), 2019

Sale Date: July 22, 2021

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Breakfast of Champion, 2009

Ryan Alexiev & Hank Willis Thomas

Breakfast of Champion, 2009

Sale Date: July 16, 2021

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All Lies Matter, 2019

Hank Willis Thomas

All Lies Matter, 2019

Sale Date: July 7, 2021

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Love Over Rules, 2020

Hank Willis Thomas

Love Over Rules, 2020

Sale Date: June 24, 2021

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Something to Stand on: The Third Leg 可以站立：第三隻腿, 2007

Hank Willis Thomas

Something to Stand on: The Third Leg 可以站立：第三隻腿, 2007

Sale Date: June 22, 2021

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All Lies Matter, 2019

Hank Willis Thomas

All Lies Matter, 2019

Sale Date: May 26, 2021

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Love Over Rules, 2020

Hank Willis Thomas

Love Over Rules, 2020

Sale Date: May 5, 2021

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Shooting Stars, 2011

Hank Willis Thomas

Shooting Stars, 2011

Sale Date: April 22, 2021

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Love Over Rules, 2020

Hank Willis Thomas

Love Over Rules, 2020

Sale Date: April 7, 2021

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Your Skin Has The Power To Protect You, 2008

Hank Willis Thomas

Your Skin Has The Power To Protect You, 2008

Sale Date: April 8, 2021

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All Lies Matter, 2019

Hank Willis Thomas

All Lies Matter, 2019

Sale Date: March 24, 2021

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Love Over Rules (2020), 2020

Hank Willis Thomas

Love Over Rules (2020), 2020

Sale Date: February 25, 2021

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Portrait of Two American Artists as Young..., 2008

Rashid Johnson and Hank Willis Thomas

Portrait of Two American Artists as Young..., 2008

Sale Date: March 11, 2021

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Love Over Rules, 2020

Hank Willis Thomas

Love Over Rules, 2020

Sale Date: February 24, 2021

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A Portrait of Two American Artists as Young..., 2008

Rashid Johnson and Hank Willis Thomas

A Portrait of Two American Artists as Young..., 2008

Sale Date: February 18, 2021

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Black Power, 2006

Hank Willis Thomas

Black Power, 2006

Sale Date: February 18, 2021

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Peace, 2019

Hank Willis Thomas

Sale Date: January 28, 2021

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All Lies Matter, 2019

Hank Willis Thomas

All Lies Matter, 2019

Sale Date: December 2, 2020

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All Li es Matter, 2019

Hank Willis Thomas

All Li es Matter, 2019

Sale Date: November 18, 2020

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