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Art at Lunch: Appropriation & Art

  • LSU Museum of Art 100 Lafayette Street, Fifth Floor Baton Rouge, LA, 70801 United States (map)

Hank Willis Thomas, Why Wait Another Day to be Adorable?  Tell Your Beautician "Relax Me.", 1968/2007. LightJet Print. © Hank Willis Thomas. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

ART AT LUNCH: Appropriation in Media
Tuesday, June 6 at 12 p.m. Free to attend

Join us for a talk with Liz Lessner, artist and Instructor of Art at the LSU College of Art + Design, to learn about the artistic history of appropriation and how Hank Willis Thomas employs the technique in his works. Bring a lunch—we’ll supply the water and sodas. Third floor LSU MOA offices. FREE. 

Hank Willis Thomas / Unbranded: Reflections in Black by Corporate America will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from April 20– July 30, 2023. This exhibit features a selection of forty images, drawn from the original series of eighty-two artworks, organized by LSU MOA Curatorial Fellow, Clarke Brown.