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Mickalene Thomas (born January 28, 1971) is a contemporary African-American visual artist best known as a painter of complex works using rhinestones, acrylic, and enamel. [1] Thomas's collage work is inspired from popular art histories and movements, including Impressionism, Cubism, Dada, the Harlem Renaissance , and selected works by the Afro ...
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."
One gallery filled with potted plastic plants features collage-style paintings of pin-up nudes from Jet magazine. Thomas has installed several of them on a wall dominated by a photo-enlargement of ...
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]
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 ...
Starting May 25 in Los Angeles, Mickalene Thomas takes center stage at the Broad in “Mickalene Thomas: All About Love,” which homes in on the past 20 years of her career with dozens of works ...
An exceptional cohort of artists came together Tuesday night at Casa Cipriani South Street in New York City to toast this year’s gala honorees, artists Mickalene Thomas and George Condo.
Black Abstractionism is a term that refers to a modern arts movement that celebrates Black artists of African-American and African ancestry, whether as direct descendants of Africa or of a combined mixed-race heritage, who create work that is not representational, presenting the viewer with abstract expression, imagery, and ideas.