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Lecture with Hank Willis Thomas, artist of With These Hands: A Memorial to the Enslaved and Exploited on Davidson's campus
Date and Time: Thursday, Oct. 23, 7:30 p.m.
Location: Duke Family Performance Hall, Knobloch Campus Center

Hank Willis Thomas is a conceptual artist whose work explores perspective, identity, commodity, media, and popular culture. In this lecture, Thomas will discuss With These Hands: A Memorial to the Enslaved and Exploited alongside his broader art practice, considering how such public projects connect to and inform his other bodies of work. Thomas's work has been exhibited at internationally acclaimed venues, including the International Center of Photography, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Musée du quai Branly, Hong Kong Arts Centre, and the Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, among many others. 

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Workers recently installed the main elements of the "With These Hands" sculpture. (photo by Pam Dykstra)

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Dedication for With These Hands: A Memorial to the Enslaved and Exploited
Thursday, Oct. 23, 4 p.m.
The program will include remarks from President Doug Hicks '90, Hank Willis Thomas, author and poet Clint Smith '10, and more. This event is free, but please click here to RSVP.

Location: Davidson College Front Campus (Oak Row and Elm Row, adjacent to Cunningham Theatre Center)

Hank Willis Thomas, We The People (grey), 2025, Mixed media including decommissioned prison uniforms, 78 x 93 in. © Hank Willis Thomas. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

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Hank Willis Thomas: We The People
Exhibition on view through Feb. 1, 2026