William Wallace (USA)

William Wallace III is an American painter. At "Shitholes", William will be showcasing his project called John Henry Banks III. JHB3 comes from a mix of exploring his family history as a study of the developing Blackness and playing with American tall tails. His paintings are primarily figurative focussing on portraiture and snapshots of the internal schema of people trying to get by. Most of his work is made of unconventional materials, scrap wood from new developments, stretched bed sheets; early 20th century windows from neighborhoods in the early stages of gentrification have been one of his favorites since moving to Philly. These materials hold a lot of history and the figures in his paintings feel like the ghost of neighborhoods.