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The Banner Project: Mark Thomas Gibson
25 June 2025 — 22 June 2026
On NowGibson's expansive Town Crier banners fuse comic art and Renaissance painting to question American history and symbolism through the lens of a Black historian.
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Gibson, who identifies as an "American history painter," creates work inspired by comic books, Renaissance art, and 19th-century editorial caricatures. For this exhibition, he significantly expanded his Town Crier series, which he began in 2021 to document contemporary politics through a historical lens. The centerpiece features three large banners resembling comic strip panels. Each displays handmade drawings of a town crier on horseback in Revolutionary-era attire,...
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© Museum of Fine Arts Boston
The Banner Project: Mark Thomas Gibson
25 June 2025 — 22 June 2026
On NowGibson's expansive Town Crier banners fuse comic art and Renaissance painting to question American history and symbolism through the lens of a Black historian.
From Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Gibson, who identifies as an "American history painter," creates work inspired by comic books, Renaissance art, and 19th-century editorial caricatures. For this exhibition, he significantly expanded his Town Crier series, which he began in 2021 to document contemporary politics through a historical lens. The centerpiece features three large banners resembling comic strip panels. Each displays handmade drawings of a town crier on horseback in Revolutionary-era attire,...
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