The exhibition and publication will be the first to dive deeply into his sophisticated understanding
of image networks, circulation, and proliferation, positioning Thomas as a significant figure linking the
past (Pop art, the Pictures Generation, and conceptualism) to the current ways art operates as an
active, heterogeneous platform to engage and critique the Internet age.
Named for the founder
of the Gray Panthers, the awards were designed to correct the «negative stereotype people have
of aging — to reverse those
images and show some real role models... people
past 60 who are
active, creative and vital.»