Hank Willis Thomas Updates Infamous Modern Art Diagram

American conceptual artist Hank Willis Thomas  has updated  Alfred J. Barr, Jr's 1936 “Cubism and Abstract Art” graphic to incorporate social realities  that Barr consciously ignored.

Hank Willis Thomas, Colonialism and Abstract Art, 2019

"Thomas’s graphic demonstrates how we can alter myopic visions of art in ways that continue to engage with historical works while not allowing them to ellipse the larger an evolving histories that help us understand our world."

Barr's 1936 diagram:

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