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Hank Willis Thomas — An Unidentified Jamaican Boy Uses the Puma H Street Running Shoe to Run for His Freedom
Hank Willis Thomas

An Unidentified Jamaican Boy Uses the Puma H Street Running Shoe to Run for His Freedom

Hank Willis Thomas's chromogenic print presents a provocative title that recontextualizes commercial imagery and narratives of freedom and exploitation. The work exemplifies the artist's practice of deconstructing advertising and popular culture to critique systemic inequities.

Medium
Chromogenic print.
Location
Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
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October 12, 2022

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Hank Willis Thomas, An Unidentified Jamaican Boy Uses the Puma H Street Running Shoe to Run for His Freedom

Hank Willis Thomas's chromogenic print presents a provocative title that recontextualizes commercial imagery and narratives of freedom and exploitation. The work exemplifies the artist's practice of deconstructing advertising and popular culture to critique systemic inequities.

Medium
Chromogenic print.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Color, Conceptual, Documentary, American, Photograph, Social Commentary, Chromogenic Print, Figurative, Contemporary, Advertising Critique

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