"There is that magic of visibility/invisibility and meaning, and that ambiguity is what makes most art both legible and eternal."
Artist Hank Willis Thomas reflects on a daguerreotype button in this episode of The Artist Project—an online series in which artists respond to works of art in The Met collection.
About the Artist
Hank Willis Thomas, born in 1976, is an American photo conceptual artist.
Hank Willis Thomas (American, born 1976)
Thenceforward and Forever Free, 2012
Mixed media; 61 x 17 1/2 × 4 5/8 in. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York © Hank Willis Thomas
