Description: Hank Willis Thomas: All Things Being Equal presents a survey of the artist's interdisciplinary output, incorporating all aspects of his practice, with a particular focus on the work's relationship to the photographic image and to issues of representation and perception. Contextualized with incisive essays by Portland Art Museum curators Julia Dolan and Sara Krajewski and art historian Sarah Elizabeth Lewis, and an in-depth interview between Dr. Kellie Jones and the artist that elaborates on Thomas's influences and inspirations.
Brief description: Julia Dolan, PhD, is the Minor White Curator of Photography at the Portland Art Museum, Oregon. She has worked with the photography collections at institutions including the Philadelphia Museum of Art; the Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts; and the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University.