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About Hasani

Baltimore County
Hasani Claxton is a visual artist, writer and educator from St. Kitts, West Indies. He studied Business Management at Morehouse College (1999) and Law at Columbia University (2003). While serving as an Assistant District Attorney in the Bronx, he began taking evening classes at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan. In 2005, he decided to pursue his passion full time and enrolled in Academy of Art University in San Francisco. In 2009, he earned his BFA in illustration.

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Rise of the Afrotaku

I use satire in my paintings and sculptures to examine popular misconceptions of blackness in contemporary society.  I seek out cultural intersectionalites between "Blerds" (black nerds) and "Otaku" (Japanese nerds), merging the eccentric visual language of anime  with Western realist painting and sculpture. I thus blur the lines between realism and surrealism, between popular culture and fine art, affirming that culture is itself an infinitely malleable medium.
  • So Many Tears
    So Many Tears
    6.5" X 8.5" X 2.5", Silicone, Resin, Human and Synthetic Hair
  • Angry Black Woman/ A Right to be Hostile
    Angry Black Woman/ A Right to be Hostile
    6.5" X 9" X 2.5", Silicone, Resin, Human and Synthetic Hair
  • Very Special (All I Have)
    Very Special (All I Have)
    6.5" X 10.5" X 4", Silicone, Resin, Porcelain, Human & Synthetic Hair
  • Emotional
    Emotional
    44" X 60", Oils and Collage on canvas
  • How Not To Get Your @$$ Kicked by the Police: No. 1 No Dreads, No Cornrows, No Afros, No Flattops, No Spikes... No Hair.
    How Not To Get Your @$$ Kicked by the Police: No. 1 No Dreads, No Cornrows, No Afros, No Flattops, No Spikes... No Hair.
    30" X 40", Oils and Acrylics on canvas.
  • How Not To Get Your @$$ Kicked by the Police: No.2 No Hoodies, No Tank Tops, No T-shirts, No Polo Shirts, No Cardigans... No Clothes
    How Not To Get Your @$$ Kicked by the Police: No.2 No Hoodies, No Tank Tops, No T-shirts, No Polo Shirts, No Cardigans... No Clothes
    30" X 40", Oils and Acrylics on canvas.
  • How Not To Get Your @$$ Kicked by the Police: No.3 No Eye Contact
    How Not To Get Your @$$ Kicked by the Police: No.3 No Eye Contact
    36" X 36", Oils and Acrylics on canvas.
  • How Not To Get Your @$$ Kicked by the Police: No. 4 No Furtive Movements or Aggressive Postures
    How Not To Get Your @$$ Kicked by the Police: No. 4 No Furtive Movements or Aggressive Postures
    30" X 40", Oils and Acrylics on Canvas.
  • How Not To Get Your @$$ Kicked by the Police: No.5 Don't Run
    How Not To Get Your @$$ Kicked by the Police: No.5 Don't Run
    30" X 48", Oils on Canvas
  • How Not To Get Your @$$ Kicked by the Police: No.6 Shut Up About Your Rights
    How Not To Get Your @$$ Kicked by the Police: No.6 Shut Up About Your Rights
    30" X 48", Oils on Canvas.
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