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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Fair Warning: The Length You Go to for..., 2012

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Fair Warning: The Length You Go to for..., 2012

Sale Date: June 26, 2018

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PROTECT AND SERVE (WHITE WASH), 2018

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PROTECT AND SERVE (WHITE WASH), 2018

Sale Date: May 17, 2018

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Fair Warning: Measurably long......, 2012

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Fair Warning: Measurably long......, 2012

Sale Date: February 26, 2018

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Fair Warning: The latest in pleasure (from..., 2012

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Fair Warning: The latest in pleasure (from..., 2012

Sale Date: February 26, 2018

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Fair Warning: natural tastes better (from..., 2012

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Fair Warning: natural tastes better (from..., 2012

Sale Date: February 26, 2018

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Fair Warning: Where the flavor is (from..., 2012

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Fair Warning: Where the flavor is (from..., 2012

Sale Date: February 26, 2018

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Fair Warning: You've come a long way, baby..., 2012

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Fair Warning: You've come a long way, baby..., 2012

Sale Date: February 26, 2018

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Liberation of T. O., 2003

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Liberation of T. O., 2003

Sale Date: October 24, 2017

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Priceless #1, 2004

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Priceless #1, 2004

Sale Date: June 16, 2016

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To Be Sold, 2009

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To Be Sold, 2009

Sale Date: April 30, 2016

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Scarred Chest, 2004

Hank Willis Thomas

Scarred Chest, 2004

Sale Date: October 30, 2015

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The Liberation of T.O. I'm not goin back ta' , 2003

Hank Willis Thomas

The Liberation of T.O. I'm not goin back ta' , 2003

Sale Date: November 10, 2015

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Priceless #1, 2004

Hank Willis Thomas

Priceless #1, 2004

Sale Date: August 31, 2015

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Gold Dust Tub, 2011

Hank Willis Thomas

Gold Dust Tub, 2011

Sale Date: April 2, 2015

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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 17, 2015

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Habitat for humanity / to be sold, 2010

Hank Willis Thomas

Habitat for humanity / to be sold, 2010

Sale Date: March 22, 2012

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Breakfast of champion, 2009

Hank Willis Thomas

Breakfast of champion, 2009

Sale Date: October 20, 2009

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Breakfast of champion, 2009

Hank Willis Thomas

Breakfast of champion, 2009

Sale Date: November 12, 2009

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