Mickalene Thomas is a Contemporary American artist best known for depictions of African-American women and celebrities through collages of acrylic, enamel, and rhinestones. Often based in photography, Thomas’ practice utilizes both the aesthetics of Western painting and the heavily sexualized blaxploitation films of the 1970s. Through appropriated imagery the artist addresses issues of femininity, race, and beauty alongside personal histories and childhood memories, citing artists such as Carrie Mae Weems and Romare Bearden as early influences. Attend the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and later received her MFA at the Yale School of Art in 2002.
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Additional Artworks
From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College
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Shan Kelley
Disclosures II, 2013
Needle-perforated parchment and printed paper
35.75 x 24 in (90.81 x 60.96 cm)
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Shan Kelley
Disclosures I, 2013
Needle-perforated parchment and printed paper
35.75 x 24 in (90.81 x 60.96 cm)
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Kathleen Laufman
Untitled, from the portfolio "Utopia", 1989
Linoleum cut on paper
22.5 x 14.875 in (57.15 x 37.78 cm)
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Robert Ecker
Dark Glasses 6, c. 1978
Mezzotint on paper
7 x 5 in (17.78 x 12.7 cm)
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Jim McCormick
Comstock #3: Waiting, 1975
Lithograph on paper
12 x 15 in (30.48 x 38.1 cm)
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Herb Jackson
Bloom, 1975
Etching on paper
17.625 x 24 in (44.77 x 60.96 cm)
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Julian Trevelyan
Athletes, 1973
Etching on paper
30.5 x 22.75 in (77.47 x 57.79 cm)
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Arthur Segal
Untitled, No date
Woodcut on paper
11.125 x 15.5 in (28.26 x 39.37 cm)
About the artist
Mickalene Thomas
American
b. 1971