VERSUS a show curated by Ruben Natal-San Miguel of ArtMostFierce, will open at Hous Projects this Thursday, January 7, 6:30-10:30 pm featuring Brian Ulrich, Jen Davis, Eric Ogden, Hank Willis Thomas, Amy Elkins, and Michael Wolf among others.
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 7, 6:30-10:30 pm
Exhibition on View: January 7-March 8, 2010
31 Howard Street, 2nd Floor New York, New York
As a contemporary photographer protesting the existing order, Hank Willis Thomas has emerged as the voice of his generation. Using razor sharp insight and complex considerations, his work in Pitch Blackness re-inscribes the deep structure and the continued importance of identity politics. Thomas’s monograph, published by the Aperture Foundation, is a compilation of his numerous photographic series. Hank Willis Thomas will speak on Pitch Blackness this evening at the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts in Brooklyn, New York.
Click here to purchase your copy of Pitch Blackness through Aperture at a special Holiday price!
Hank Willis Thomas: Pitch Blackness
Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts
Thursday, December 10, 2009 6:30—8:30 pm
80 Hanson Place
Brooklyn, New York
(718) 230-0492
Join Aperture West Prize winner Hank Willis Thomas for an Artist’s Talk at B&H in New York City, followed by a book signing of his Aperture monograph Pitch Blackness. Hank employs the language of popular culture and advertising in his work to speak explicitly about race, class and history in a way that is accessible and easy to decode. During his lecture at the B&H Event Space, he will discuss his work as an exploration of the affects of past visual culture as it intersects with our current world view – often creating correlations between African American historical challenges and the present. Come discover how Hank creates images that bring history forward with relevance to our experience of race, class and gender as conditioned by popular culture.
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Pitch Blackness: A Look at Past and Present Visual Culture Presented by Hank Willis Thomas
Sunday, November 15, 1:00—3:00 pm
FREE
B&H Photo Video
420 Ninth Avenue, New York
(212) 239-7500
This Sunday, November 8th the B&H Event Space presents Amelia’s World: Animal Affinity, a discussion from photographer Robin Schwartz. Published in Aperture’s Tiny Vices series, Amelia’s World is centered on Robin’s daughter Amelia and her tender interactions with assorted animal friends. The portraits featured in this project transcend snapshots, as Amelia’s youthful innocence allows for intimate connections with exotic creatures both domestic and wild. Robin will speak about the evolution of the work and her personal creative process.
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Click here to view a limited-edition print from Robin Schwartz
Amelia’s World: Animal Affinity Presented by Robin Schwartz
Sunday, November 8, 2009 1:00—3:00 PM
B&H Photo Video
420 Ninth Avenue, New York
(212) 239-7500
The International Center of Photography unveils Dress Codes: The Third ICP Triennial of Photography and Video, showcasing over 100 recent works by 34 artists from 18 countries — all on the general subject of “fashion” (and costume, clothing, disguise, gender and culture) as a part of ICP year-long investigation of fashion photography. The curatorial team includes Vince Aletti, Kristen Lubben, Christopher Phillips, Carol Squiers and curatorial assistant Judy Ditner.
Participating artists: Yto Barrada, Valérie Belin, Thorsten Brinkmann, Cao Fei, Olga Chernysheva, Nathalie Djurberg, Stan Douglas, Kota Ezawa, Jacqueline Hassink, Hu Yang, Miyako Ishiuchi, Kimsooja, Silvia Kolbowski, Jeremy Kost, Barbara Kruger, Richard Learoyd, Kalup Linzy, Tanya Marcuse, Anne Morgenstern, Wangechi Mutu, Grace Ndiritu, Alice O’Malley, David Rosetzky, Martha Rosler, Julika Rudelius, Cindy Sherman, Laurie Simmons, Lorna Simpson, Hank Willis Thomas, Mickalene Thomas, Milagros de la Torre, Janaina Tschäpe, Pinar Yolaçan and Zhou Tao.
Exhibition on view:
Friday, October 2, 2009–Sunday, January 17, 2010
International Center of Photography
1133 Avenue of the Americas, New York
(212) 857-0000
126, an artist-run gallery in Ireland presents Aperture West Winner Hank Willis Thomas in a solo exhibition titled, It’s About Time, in following with the artist’s solo show at New York’s Jack Shainman Gallery this spring, and his first monograph Pitch Blackness published by Aperture Foundation last fall. Through his preoccupation with visual language and by utilizing materials commonly used in mass-media, Thomas presents a range of works from the last eight years in a retrospective fashion. As a whole, his work offers a history of the visual representation of African-Americans by exploring and often inverting iconic components of the “black past” that speak to the overarching complexities of race in the 21st century United States. More universally, Thomas’ work questions the role of media in creating a visual representation of identity.
Click here to purchase a limited-edition print from Hank Willis Thomas through Aperture.
It’s About Time
Hank Willis Thomas
Wednesday, July 15—Saturday, August 15th, 2009
126
Queen St., Galway, Ireland
091569871
Join Aperture West Prize-winner Hank Willis Thomas and his mother, artist and scholar Debra Willis, in discussion with curator Kalia Brooks, coinciding with the opening of Progeny at Columbia University’s Wallach Art Gallery. The exhibition, consisting of 48 photographs and 2 videos produced independently and together, focuses on concepts surrounding the influence of family, history, and memory as relevant in artistic expression.
Progeny
Panel Discussion: Wednesday, April 29, 4:30 pm
Opening Reception: Wednesday, April 29, 5:30 pm
Exhibition on view: Thursday, April 30—Saturday, June 6, 2009
Miriam & Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery
Columbia University
826 Schermerhorn Hall, MC5517
1190 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, New York
(212) 854-7288
Click here to purchase Pitch Blackness, Hank Willis Thomas’ first monograph.
Click here to purchase a limited-edition print from Hank Willis Thomas.
Last week, Hank Willis Thomas met with the Aperture interns and gave them a special tour of his exhibition Pitch Blackness at Jack Shainman Gallery. Hank spoke about his newest works since publishing his first monograph, Pitch Blackness, both of which address complex questions about identity and race in America through diverse mediums. The interns engaged with the show and were invited to view the private part of the gallery housing the artist’s portrait of President Obama, Breakfast of Champion. The work was made in collaboration with Ryan Alexiev, and was recently sold at the Armory Show.
We are currently receiving applications for the July-December 2009 Internship session so check out details on our website here. Young graduates from the United States and around the world can apply for an exciting and thorough experience in the editing, design, production, circulation, sales, and marketing of photography’s most significant publications; the development of major traveling exhibitions; the creation of web content; and all other business operations essential to a non-profit organization. The closing deadline to submit your application is April 1!
Starting this Friday are three chances to meet photographer Hank Willis Thomas get a book signed and hear him speak about his work in New York. The first recipient of the Aperture West Book Prize, Hank will be signing copies of his first monograph, Pitch Blackness, at the ICP Museum Store this Friday, February 6. This book features his highly provocative series B®ANDED, which addresses the commodification of African-American male identity. Deborah Willis, Hank’s mother, will also be at ICP signing copies of her work Obama: The Historic Campaign in Photographs.
As part of the Eye on the Strand Contest series, Aperture is pleased to announce a special talk and book signing with Hank next Tuesday.
An exhibition titled Pitch Blackness, featuring never-before-seen work will open at Jack Shainman Gallery Thursday, February 12.
Click here to buy a limited-edition print from Hank Willis Thomas through Aperture.
Hank Willis Thomas and Deborah Willis Booksigning
Friday, February 6, 6:00-7:30 p.m.
International Center of Photography Museum Bookstore
1133 Avenue of the Americas, New York
(212) 857-9725
Eye on the Strand Event with Hank Willis Thomas
Thursday, January 29, 7:00-8:30 p.m.
Strand Bookstore
828 Broadway, New York
(212) 473-1452
Hank Willis Thomas: Pitch Blackness
Exhibition on view: Thursday, February 12-Saturday, March 14, 2009
Opening reception: Thursday, February 12, 2009 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Jack Shainman Gallery
513 West 20th Street, New York
(212) 645-1701
Clockwise from top left: Lorna Simpson (Chuck Close, 2006); Keith Calhoun (image via Open Society Institute); Chandra McCormick (image via Open Society Insitute); Carrie Mae Weems, self-portrait, “I looked and looked and failed to see what so terrified you,” from her multimedia installation The Lousiana Project; Dawoud Bey, self-portrait; Deborah Willis (image via duke.edu); Hank Willis Thomas, portrait by Rashid Johnson.
