New City Arts and Human/Ties present I Am A Man, an exhibit including photographs, sculpture, mixed media, and paintings by Hank Willis Thomas.
Image courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
New City Arts' Welcome Gallery
114 3rd St. NE, Charlottesville, VA 22902
First Fridays
September 2, 5:00–7:30 PM
Free and open to the public. All ages welcome.
Gallery Hours
12:00–4:00 PM, Monday–Friday
Human/Ties Hours
Wednesday, September 14, 12:00–4:00 PM, with Sweethaus cupcakes
Thursday, September 15, 12:00–6:00 PM, with Sweethaus cupcakes
Friday, September 16, 9:00 AM–6:00 PM, with coffee and Carpe Donuts all morning
Sponsors
Human/Ties is a four-day celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the National Endowment for the Humanities, hosted by the University of Virginia and made possible with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and features Junot Díaz, Alice Waters, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., David Simon, Hank Willis Thomas, Annette Gordon-Reed, Jamelle Bouie, Sarah Lewis, Lulu Miller, and over 80 other speakers. All Human/Ties events are free and open to the public, though some require RSVP. For the full schedule and list of speakers, visit http://humanties2016.com/.
Exhibition Statement (provided by the artist)
Hank Willis Thomas is a conceptual artist exploring themes of identity, race, class, and history through two-dimensional, sculptural, and digital time-based collage works. He uses the familiar — popular culture and advertising — to help the viewer decode the connections and start the conversations that are often avoided.
Our New City Arts First Friday exhibit opening, open hours, and Human/Ties hours are free and open to the public. Refreshments will be available during Charlottesville's First Friday Art Walk and Human/Ties. “I Am A Man” is co-presented by the Black Professional Network of Charlottesville.
Any Welcome Gallery visitors to this exhibit will receive this free Tattly tattoo, designed by Hank Willis Thomas.
About the Artist (provided by the artist)
Thomas received a BFA in Photography and Africana studies from New York University and his MFA/MA in Photography and Visual Criticism from the California College of Arts. Thomas’s work is in numerous public collections including The Museum of Modern Art New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Brooklyn Museum, The High Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. He sits on the Public Design Commission for the city of New York. He is currently a DuBois Institute Fellow at Harvard University. Thomas is represented by Jack Shainman Gallery in New York City.
Featured artwork: Hank Willis Thomas, Caesar’s Visa, 2009. Neon sign, 36 x 75 x 8 inches.
Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
Featured image: Headshot of Hank Willis Thomas. Photo by Andrea Blanch.
Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
