"American artist hank willis thomas' 'I am a man, from the series I am, amen' relates to protestor posters during the civil rights era, specifically for demonstration in memphis, tennessee in 1968 and is on show at the istanbul art biennale 2011.
Growing up, the artist looked to the photographs of ernest withers which depicted dozens of african american men standing together in protest, each holding a sign saying, 'I am a man'. thomas' two-dimensional work consists of twenty panels which offer variations of this phrase. The artist found it interesting that it was necessary for large groups of people to come together and affirm their humanity in the USA, just eight years before the artist was born. 1968 was the last hurrah of the civil rights movement, and the artist feels he is a product of the
integrationist strategies that followed." - taken from DESIGNBOOM.COM
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