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Question Bridge: Black Males

Chris Johnson; Hank Willis Thomas; Bayeté Ross Smith; Kamal Sinclair

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For Question Bridge: Black Males, Chris Johnson and Hank Willis Thomas, with Bayeté Ross Smith and Kamal Sinclair, spent years traveling to twelve American cities and towns speaking with one hundred fifty Black men, who represented a range of geographic, generational, economic, and educational backgrounds. The varied speakers seem to be in dialogue with one another, their reflections sharing common self-selected themes, usually left unspoken, that challenge generalizations often based on racist systems of oppression and violence.

Caption

Chris Johnson (American, born 1948); Hank Willis Thomas (American, born 1976); Bayeté Ross Smith (American, born 1976); Kamal Sinclair (American, born 1976). Question Bridge: Black Males, 2011. Single-channel DVD and hard drive, 2 hours 53 minutes. Brooklyn Museum, Alfred T. White Fund, 2012.52. ©Hank Willis Thomas, Chris Johnson, Bayeté Ross Smith and Kamal Sinclair. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Question Bridge: Black Males

Date

2011

Medium

Single-channel DVD and hard drive, 2 hours 53 minutes

Classification

Media Art

Credit Line

Alfred T. White Fund

Accession Number

2012.52

Rights

©Hank Willis Thomas, Chris Johnson, Bayeté Ross Smith and Kamal Sinclair

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Artists and makers

Chris Johnson

1 work in the collection

Hank Willis Thomas

45 works in the collection

Bayeté Ross Smith

1 work in the collection

Kamal Sinclair

1 work in the collection

Deborah Willis

1 work in the collection

Jesse Williams

1 work in the collection

Delroy Lindo

1 work in the collection

Jon Vidar

1 work in the collection

Natasha L. Logan

1 work in the collection

Rosa White

1 work in the collection

Will Sylvester

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