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Mickalene Thomas was born on January 28, 1971, in Camden, New Jersey. [1] She was raised in Hillside and East Orange. [4] She was raised by her mother Sandra "Mama Bush" Bush, who, at 6'1" tall, modeled in the 1970s. [5]
The 53-year-old artist, whose mixed-media pieces celebrate women, is now being featured in an exhibition at the Broad Museum in Los Angeles titled "Mickalene Thomas: All About Love."
Thomas' Le déjeuner sur l'herbe: Les Trois Femmes Noires was created in three stages. First, Thomas photographed three models in the sculpture garden of the MoMA. [1] Thomas stated that she chose the sculpture garden within the museum to be the setting of her photograph and subsequent related pieces because she wanted to create a "site-specific" piece of art for the commission. [1]
Artists Mickalene Thomas and George Condo were this year's honorees. The New Museum’s 2024 Spring Gala Was a Celebration of Artistic Community Skip to main content
Mickalene Thomas embeds her portraits of Black women in decoarative interiors (Christopher Knight/Los Angeles Times) Elsewhere, Thomas incorporates queer predecessors in paintings of abstract heads.
Mickalene Thomas has produced Le déjeuner sur l'herbe: les trois femmes noires (2010). The painting is both a critique of and reference to Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe. Thomas' piece portrays three bold, black women adorned with rich colors, patterned clothing, and radiant Afro-styled hair; the women's positioning and posing is reminiscent of the ...