African American artist Sanford Biggers is posed in a fashion similar to traditional portraiture, occupying the center of the composition, his eyes downcast. He is wearing a top hat and tails, his face and clothes are crisply bisected: the right half of his body is painted with black pigment, the left half with white. In person, as a viewer approaches and walks past the work, the image blurs in and out of focus. This effect is presented here as three separate views of the work: one from straight ahead, the other two from more oblique angles resulting in increased blurriness.
Notes:
Digital chromogenic print and Plexiglas with Lumisty film
Cite As:
Hank Willis Thomas (American, born 1976), Seeker, 2012. Digital chromogenic print and Plexiglas with Lumisty film, sheet: 123.2 × 101.6 cm, Edition 3/3 + 1 AP. Acquired through the Jennifer, Gale, and Ira Drukier Fund, 2013.009
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