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0afromyuio.jpgAfro-American Express, 2004

Part of Hank Willis Thomas‘s Branded series.

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  1. 1
    Mark on March 21, 2007 at 3:55 pm

    How brilliantly cynical these works!
    The Absolut bottle with a slave-transporting interior is my favorite!

  2. 2
    Paul M. on March 21, 2007 at 4:45 pm

    Now that we’re kind of obsessed in our discussions by the relationships between marketing and art, these works are gonna give us new reasons for further discussion…
    Thanks for the hint!

  3. 3
    Boris Anthony on March 25, 2007 at 2:55 pm

    “Kanye West’s lyric, “She was like, ‘Oh my God, is that a black card?[1]’ / I turned around and replied ‘Why yes, but I prefer the term “African American Express”‘”
    [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centurion_Card

  4. 4
    Lars Cuzner on March 26, 2007 at 7:21 pm

    His Master Card pictures don’t differ all that much from the real thing. As in India, the ad says “ex pick pocket” with a picture of a man living pretty down and out on the streets, meaning that the credit card has put him out of work. There is pride in such campains. They go through many hands before getting approved. Too bad that Thomas’s work isn’t satire.

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