Hank Willis Thomas”What We Ask Is Simple” at JACK SHAINMAN GALLERY

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Channel: jameskalm · 2018 · Entertainment

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James Kalm pedals through fog as thick as glutton free pea soup, to cross the Brooklyn Bridge and head to Chelsea.  His goal is to catch a glimpse of Hank Willis Thomas’s “What We Ask Is Simple” at the Jack Shainman Gallery.  In this show, Thomas explores the technology of light and reflective surfaces, while commenting on the history of photography, resistance, protest, and human rights.  Visitors consent to wear special “headlight” glasses to reveal historic photos of political events.  Thomas acknowledges his legacy from artists like Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol, Michelangelo Pistoletto, social activist photographers like James “Spiderman” Martin, Charles Moore, Dorothea Lang and human rights workers like Gloria Richardson, Elizabeth Eckford and Elizabeth Spencer.  This program was recorded March 29, 2018.  A musical introduction is provided by The Underground Horns.

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