She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry
Hank Willis Thomas's She's Beautiful When She's Angry is a unique screenprint created on retroreflective vinyl and mounted for display. The work engages with social and political messaging through its reflective material properties.
- Medium
- Unique screenprint on retroreflective vinyl, mounted.
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
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Photographs
October 7, 2021
Artists in conversation
Barbara Kruger
American · b. 1945
Kruger similarly combines bold text with striking visual compositions to deliver feminist and social commentary, using graphic design aesthetics and mass media language to challenge power structures and gender dynamics in ways directly comparable to this piece.
Shepard Fairey
American · b. 1970
Fairey works extensively with screenprinting and bold graphic imagery on unconventional surfaces to deliver politically charged and empowerment focused messaging, sharing Thomas's use of street art influenced aesthetics and reflective visual impact.
Jenny Holzer
American · b. 1950
Holzer is renowned for placing provocative text based statements in unexpected materials and public contexts to confront viewers with feminist and social commentary, closely mirroring Thomas's use of reflective surfaces and confrontational language to amplify political meaning.
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