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So they're haunting, but also, taken out of context, there's a whole new meaning to them as well. All of these are also very political and very charged events. They're forceful. They're very iconic, but they mean something different in bronze or fiberglass. They have these colors sometimes that they're painted in that change when you walk around them. It, for me, brings it back to the wonder of photography in the analog world. Q. I'd also like to ask about one specific work at the very end. "All Things Considered" ends with the video piece "Question Bridge: Black Males." Crystal Bridges Associate Curator of Contemporary Art Allison Glenn described the work as an intimate moment, meant for reflection. Here's what she had to say: "He's shown us the power of advertising, the challenge of images. He's shown us how [physically] moving our body, shifting our perspective, shifts our understanding. 'Question Bridge' offers an opportunity to think about all the tools that Hank's presenting us throughout the exhibition and allowing them to sink in." How would you respond to that sentiment? A. When the curators first approached me [about] did I want to do the show, I was like, "OK, good luck." Because my work is broad. It's diverse. It contains multitudes. Typically, artists have a thing that they do and a way of working that people can relate to. And I feel like I've always struggled with I'm very much working in diverse mediums and diverse practices, and constantly trying to find ways to bridge the gap between what seem like disparate works. But they're all coming through me and through my lens of the world. To me as an artist, it's like, "It's just me. Where do you start? How do you begin?" How do you organize your own life, your way of thinking about the world, into eight sections? So that's why I find it so awesome and humbling that they were able to make my crazy way of being and creating a truly translatable and recognizable practice. I don't know if I could have distilled it on my own. So it's pretty humbling to see that and the fact that audiences, and people who have seen so much art, can actually still feel refreshed or feel like they gained something from it, it's pretty humbling. Especially, when you think about some of the work being 20 years old, you never make something knowing or thinking that it's going to be connected to the next thing you make, much less that anyone's ever going to care abut it. This week's prize Like our page before this Tuesday, March 17 at 11:59 pm to be entered to Win a $25 Gift Card to New contest each week! facebook.com/BestBranson Go to: facebook.com/BestBranson Like The Best of Branson on Facebook for a chance to win some Really Great Prizes! 40 WHAT'S UP! MARCH 15-21, 2020 Thomas Continued From Page 8 "Looking For America" by Hank Willis Thomas is one of more than 90 pieces from across the artist's career on display in the first mid-career survey of his work. "All Things Being Equal" examines popular culture and art's role in raising awareness of the struggle for social justice and civil rights. Go to nwaonline. com/200207Daily/ for more photos. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Charlie Kaijo) 5X5