Hank Willis Thomas, Stars and Bars, 2015, decommissioned prison uniforms , 61 3/8" x 56” x 2 ½”.
Alum Hank Willis Thomas ('98) was interviewed by the magazine ARTFORUM on the occasion of a new monograph of his work, All Things Being Equal... (Aperture). From the November 23, 2018 article:
"Why do we believe the stories we’re told? The artist Hank Willis Thomas recasts pop culture iconography to foreground the ways that representation dissembles. His recently published monograph is a comprehensive survey of his photographic approaches. The book is also a prelude to his first solo museum show, which debuts in October 2019 at the Portland Art Museum in Portland, Oregon."