Trenton Doyle Hancock @ Studio Museum-Skin and Bone

The exhibition of Trenton Doyle Hancock (b. 1947) is an extensive collection of drawings & collages from the prolific, graphic artist.  His drawings have a cartoonish & nightmarish imagery that is both repugnant & riveting.  Hancock also packs a punch in his social commentaries & abstract expressionist drawings.  The gallery is covered (literally floor to ceiling & everywhere in between) with his art.  One might spend hours immersed in his haunting drawings & readings his texts.  Or, dismiss his work as creepy (but not handily.)  Hancock pays homage to artist Philip Guston by using some of his imageries & adds biographical context referencing Guston's life.  Recurring figures for both artists are the "comical" KKK figures who are demeaned yet call to mind heinous cowards.  Hancock's drawings also call to mind works by artists Kiki Smith, Nancy Spero & Tim Burton.  Kara Walker shares a similar stinging sensibility.  The Skin and Bone show, works by Hancock may be an acquired taste.  As for taste, I question why he portrays vegans as villians.  I don't choose to acquire his works but I certainly don't dismiss their potency.