Mickalene Thomas (b.1971) is an American artist exploring the intersection of popular culture and art history, through a contemporary Black female gaze. As an openly gay Black woman, sexuality and race are essential themes in Thomas' practice.
Thomas frequently creates portraits of black women. Her subjects, or …
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In spectacular staged photographs and dazzling patchwork paintings made from acrylic, rhinestones, and enamel, Mickalene Thomas celebrates female beauty, sexuality, desire, and power. Her compositions often focus on Black female subjects and feature 1970s-style patterns, bold pops of color, and references to art historical figures including Picasso and Manet. Such juxtapositions allow Thomas to explore Black women’s relationships to both art history and contemporary culture at large. The artist has enjoyed solo exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum, the Bass Museum in Miami, the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo, and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, among other institutions. At auction, Thomas’s work can command upwards of seven figures. Along with her fine-art practice, Thomas has shot for such publications as _W_, Out, and T: The New York Times Style Magazine. She has also constructed elaborate installations to showcase her works.
- Blue-chip
- Represented by internationally recognized galleries.
- Collected by major museums
- Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)
- 2018
- Figuring History: Robert Colescott, Kerry James Marshall, Mickalene Thomas, Seattle Art Museum0.10 RELOADED: Avantgarde 2018, Galerie Sabine Knust | Knust Kunz Gallery Editions
- 2016
- Mickalene Thomas: Do I Look Like a Lady?, MOCA
Michelle O, 2008
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Mickalene Thomas (b.1971) is an American artist exploring the intersection of popular culture and …
- Medium
- Condition
- Excellent condition
- Signature
- Hand-signed by artist, Signed, dated, and numbered by the artist.
- Certificate of authenticity
- Included
- Frame
- Not included
In spectacular staged photographs and dazzling patchwork paintings made from acrylic, rhinestones, and enamel, Mickalene Thomas celebrates female beauty, sexuality, desire, and power. Her compositions often focus on Black female subjects and feature 1970s-style patterns, bold pops of color, and references to art historical figures including Picasso and Manet. Such juxtapositions allow Thomas to explore Black women’s relationships to both art history and contemporary culture at large. The artist has enjoyed solo exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum, the Bass Museum in Miami, the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo, and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, among other institutions. At auction, Thomas’s work can command upwards of seven figures. Along with her fine-art practice, Thomas has shot for such publications as _W_, Out, and T: The New York Times Style Magazine. She has also constructed elaborate installations to showcase her works.
- Blue-chip
- Represented by internationally recognized galleries.
- Collected by major museums
- Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)