Looking For America

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Looking for America brings together Hank Willis Thomas and artists who have worked alongside him, highlighting the power of creative communities—artists lifting one another up, sharing visual languages, and generating new meaning through collaboration. Their works engage history, memory, and culture to pose the exhibition’s central question: What does it mean to look for America, and whose America are we seeking? Looking for America suggests that America is not a fixed destination but an ongoing search—one that becomes collective, reflective, and, through these intertwined practices, joyously generative.

Featuring:

Hank WIllis Thomas
Deborah Willis
Chris Bernsten
Andina Marie Osorio
Jessica Frances Gregoire Lancaster
Adam Easterling
Will Sylvester
Sam Giarratani
Christine Wong Yap
Jennifer Hoffman-Williamson
Karinne Smith
Hector Rene Membreno-Canales

Hank WIllis Thomas Two Dancers, 2018 Multimedia quilt including sports jerseys 81 x 82 x 2 in. Image courtesy of Hank Willis Thomas.

Exhibition Preview

Hank Willis Thomas, Freedom Ride (Red, White and Blue), 2017, Screen print on retroreflective vinyl, mounted on Dibond, 33 x 49 x 1 3/4 in. Image courtesy the artist. © Hank Willis Thomas.

Chris Berntsen, for chip, 2025, Collage of cyanotype prints with gold ink on paper, 30 x 86 x 2 in. Image courtesy the artist. © Chris Bernsten

Andina Marie Osorio, Untitled (to whom do i owe the woman i have become), 2025, Galvanized steel, digital prints, magnets, 14 3/4 x 24 1/4 x 2 in. Photo by Jenny Gorman Courtesy of the artist and HESSE FLATOW, New York. © Andina Marie Osorio

Hank Willis Thomas, I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young, 2023, Screen-printed and UV-printed retroreflective vinyl mounted Dibond, 96 × 112 × 2 in. Photography by Olivia DiVecchia. Image courtesy Pace Gallery. © Hank Willis Thomas.

Hector René Membreño-Canales, Mapa de Rutas Comerciales (Commercial Trade Route Maps), 2025, Photomontage, 37 x 35 in. Image courtesy the artist. © Hector René Membreño-Canales

Jessica Frances Grégoire Lancaster, Used to Call You Brother, 2021, Reverse oil painting on annealed glass, 9 × 9 x 3/8 in. Image courtesy of the artist and Trotter & Sholer, New York. © Jessica Frances Grégoire Lancaster

Hank Willis Thomas, Nexus, 2022, Stainless steel with mirrored polish finish, 95 3/4 x 45 1/4 x 25 in. Image courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. © Hank Willis Thomas.

Hank Willis Thomas, 15,433 (2019), 2021, Embroidered stars on polyester fabric, 54 1/2 x 447 1/2 x 1/8 in. Image courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. © Hank Willis Thomas.