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        "tombstone": "Unbranded:  Reflections in Black Corporate America: Slack Power, 2006. Hank Willis Thomas (American, 1976-). Digital chromogenic print; image: 119.4 x 87 cm (47 x 34 1/4 in.); framed: 143.4 x 111 cm (56 7/16 x 43 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 2012.62. \u00a9 Hank Willis Thomas",
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        "title": "Slack Power",
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        "copyright": "\u00a9 Hank Willis Thomas",
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                "inscription": "Printed on adhesive label on verso of frame: \"JACK SHAINMAN GALLERY/Hank Willis Thomas/Slack Power, 1969/2006/Light Jet Print/62-3/4 x 50 inches/Original photographer unknown/Edition 1 of 5, \r\nwith 1 artist proof/HWT07.047.4\"\r\n",
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            "current": [
                {
                    "id": 202450,
                    "title": "Hank Willis Thomas at the Transformer Station",
                    "description": "<i>Hank Willis Thomas at the Transformer Station</i>. Transformer Station (December 14, 2013-March 8, 2014).",
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                "date": "September 4, 2012",
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        "did_you_know": "The <em>Unbranded </em>series encourages us to consider how advertising reinforces generalizations surrounding race, gender, and cultural identity.",
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        "description": "Hank Willis Thomas chose 2 ads per year published in <em>Ebony,</em> a magazine aimed at African Americans, between 1968\u2014the year Martin Luther King was assassinated\u2014and 2008, the year Barack Obama was elected president. He subtracted all the branding information from the images and added titles, often satirical, to each image. The result is a four-decade survey of how advertisers thought African Americans wanted to see themselves.",
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:53:20.909000"
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