For Freedoms by Hank Willis Thomas - ISBN: 9781580936620
Hardcover
Art fuels civic action: billboards sparking dialogue and inspiring change.

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  • Hardcover

    360 pages

  • Release Date

    24 September 2024

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Summary

Founded in 2016 by Hank Willis Thomas, Eric Gottesman, Wyatt Gallery, and Michelle Woo, For Freedoms is an artist-led organization that uses art as a catalyst for creative civic engagement, discourse, and direct action.

With the aim to infuse an anti-partisan, arts-based perspective into the political landscape, For Freedoms has collaborated with thousands of artists, activists, and scholars to create more than 500 evocative billboards that use art as a vehicle to deepen public discus…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781580936620
ISBN-10:1580936628
Author:Hank Willis Thomas, Eric Gottesman, Michelle Woo, Wyatt Gallery, Taylor Brock, Hank Thomas
Publisher:Monacelli Press
Imprint:Monacelli Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:360
Release Date:24 September 2024
Weight:2.37kg
Dimensions:304mm x 228mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

‘This book offers revealing new insights with every page … It’s a place to see the important campaigns that have dotted the American landscape and sparked endless critical conversations.’ – Aesthetica

‘A new book chronicling the artist-designed billboard project For Freedoms poses a critical question.’ – Colossal

About The Author

Hank Willis Thomas

For Freedoms a modern reimagining of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1941 Four Freedoms speech, was awarded the National Arts Award by Americans for the Arts (2022); honored with the Art for Justice Visionaries Award by the Bronx Museum of Art (2019); and received the Infinity Award for New Media and Online Platform from the International Center for Photography (2017).

Hank Willis Thomas is a Brooklyn-based conceptual artist whose work focuses on identity, history, and popular culture.

Eric Gottesman is a Washington D.C.-based visual artist whose work addresses nationalism, migration, structural violence, and history.

Michelle Woo is a Los Angeles-based art producer, art historian, and arts business consultant.

Wyatt Gallery is a Trinidad-based photographic artist who uses his work to spark empathy and curiosity.

taylor brock is a Los Angeles-based creative producer and curator.

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