In this three-part documentary, artist Trenton Doyle Hancock confronts issues of race and power. By harnessing painting, graphic novels and art history, he builds a world around his avatar Torpedo Boy in an ongoing narrative of superheroes and villains. In this episode, Hancock discusses the genesis of the Exchange paintings, which feature his superhero alter ego Torpedo Boy facing off against the buffoonish Klansmen that populated Philip Guston’s paintings.
This video was produced on the occasion of Hancock’s recent exhibition, Something American, on view at James Cohan from September 17 to October 17, 2020.
