Hank Willis Thomas, Unbranded: A Century of White Women, 1915 – 2015
Hank Willis Thomas, Unbranded: A Century of White Women, 1915 – 2015
Exhibition catalogue published on the occasion of Hank Willis Thomas’s exhibition entitled Unbranded: A Century of White Women, 1915 – 2015 at Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. The catalogue features an interview with Deborah Willis and essay by Shelley Rice.
Paperback, 236 pages
Published by Jack Shainman Gallery, 2015
Building on ideas explored in his celebrated Unbranded: Reflections in Black by Corporate America 1968-2008, here Thomas’ unbranding technique tracks notions of virtue, power, beauty, privilege, and desire in mainstream America. Spanning the rise and decline of print advertising, the work provides a spectrum for the ideal feminine type that has been marketed to individuals across gender, racial, and socio-economic lines throughout the past hundred years.