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oldsardens · 19 days

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Mickalene Thomas - Jet Blue #3

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psikonauti · 9 months

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Mickalene Thomas (African-American, b. 1971)

Portrait of Mnonja, 2010

rhinestones, acrylic, and enamel on wood panel

#Mickalene Thomas #upl #va #art #painting #mixed media

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queerasfact · 2 years

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Queer artists 04/30 - Mickalene Thomas

Mickalene Thomas is an African-American queer artist working in paint, collage, printmaking, video and installations. Her work engages with art history and popular culture to explore representations of women in relation to race, gender, sexuality, and notions of beauty.

Her works depict women of colour, often referencing European painting tradition including white female nudes. In the work above, Sleep: Deux Femmes Noire Mickalene uses a mixed medium of photography, collage and woodblock printing to reference Gustave Courbet’s 1866 painting Le Sommeil (pictured below).

[Image description: Sleep: Deux Femmes Noires - two Black women embracing naked on a bed, surrounded by a collage that forms a background of a field, trees and blue sky; Le Sommeil - two white women embracing on a bed in the same pose as above in a 19th-century bedroom]

#queer artists #queer art #pride #pride 2022 #pride month #mickalene thomas #Black artists #gustave courbet #lesbian art

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misscromwellsmonocle · 4 months

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Origin of the Universe 1 (2012) by Mickalene Thomas

#Origin of the Universe 1 #2010s #2012 #Mickalene Thomas #contemporary art #art #painting #Miss Cromwell #Gustave Courbet #The Origin of the World

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smudgemark · 6 months

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Oprah Winfrey and the ladies of The Color Purple musical film for the Holiday Issue of Essence Magazine. Photography by Mickalene Thomas.

• Oprah Winfrey - Producer

• Taraji P. Henson - Shug Avery

• Fantasia - Celie

• H.E.R. - Squeak

• Danielle Brooks - Sofia

#The Color Purple #Essence Magazine #Essence #Oprah Winfrey #Taraji P. Henson #Fantasia #Fantasia Barrino-Taylor #H.E.R.#Danielle Brooks #Mickalene Thomas

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topcat77 · 2 months

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Mickalene Thomas

#mickalene thomas

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wintercorrybriea · 6 months

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Mickalene Thomas

#Mickalene Thomas #photography #b

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garadinervi · 8 months

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Marsha P. Johnson, August 24, 1945 / 2023

Cover: Art by Mickalene Thomas for TIME (2020) [Johnson: Arlene Gottfried – Daniel Cooney Fine Art; Sign: Diana Davies © NYPL/Art Resource, NY]

#graphic design #art #collage #mixed media #magazine #cover #magazine cover #marsha p. johnson #birthday anniversary #star #s.t.a.r.#street transvestites action revolutionaries #mickalene thomas #time #new york public library #1940s #2020s

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abwwia · 1 month

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Mickalene Thomas, Hotter than July, 2005, acrylic, rhinestone and enamel on wooden panel, 152.4 x 182.9 cm, Rubbell Museum

#Mickalene Thomas #art by women #art

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thunderstruck9 · 2 years

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Mickalene Thomas (American, 1971), All I Want is a Fighting Chance, 2006. Rhinestones, acrylic and enamel on panel, 60 x 48 in.

#mickalene thomas #american art #f

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yearningforunity · 23 days

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Remember Me?

Photo: Mickalene Thomas, 2006

#Black Woman #Art #Mickalene Thomas #2006

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somearttuff · 1 year

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#artist studio #mickalene thomas #american art

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notchainedtotrauma · 2 years

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The visual artists I truly love (the list is not by any means exhaustive):

Renée Stout

Nydia Blas

Renée Green

Steffani Jemison

Steffani Jemison herself

Lisa Corinne Davis

Rashid Johnson

Deana Lawson

Lorna Simpson

Tau Lewis

Mickalene Thomas

Whitfield Lovell

Shikeith

Pamela Council

Kia Labeija

Naia F. @threesideddream

031. musical virtuoso Charlie “Bird”/“Yardbird” Parker was born August 29th, 1920 in Kansas City, KS. he tried to commit suicide in September of 1954, a few months after his daughter, Pree Parker, died at the age of two and a half from a heart defect and cystic fibrosis. upon receiving word that she had died, Parker sent four telegrams to his common-law wife, Chan:

4:11 a.m.: MY DARLING MY DAUGHTER’S DEATH SURPRISED ME MORE THAN IT DID YOU DON’T FULFILL FUNERAL PROCEEDINGS UNTIL I GET THERE I SHALL BE THE FIRST ONE TO WALK INTO OUR CHAPEL FORGIVE ME FOR NOT BEING THERE WITH YOU WHILE YOU ARE AT THE HOSPITAL YOURS MOST SINCERELY YOUR HUSBAND CHARLIE PARKER.

4:13 a.m.: MY DARLING FOR GOD’S SAKE HOLD ON TO YOURSELF CHAS PARKER

4:15 a.m.: CHAN, HELP CHARLIE PARKER

7:58 a.m.: MY DAUGHTER IS DEAD. I KNOW IT. I WILL BE THERE AS QUICK AS I CAN. MY NAME IS BIRD. IT IS VERY NICE TO BE OUT HERE. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VERY NICE TO ME OUT HERE. I AM COMING IN RIGHT AWAY TAKE IT EASY. LET ME BE THE FIRST ONE TO APPROACH YOU. I AM YOUR HUSBAND. SINCERELY, CHARLIE PARKER.

Ming Smith

Carrie Mae Weems

#Renée Stout #Nydia Blas #Renée Green #Steffani Jemison #Lisa Corinne Davis #Whitfield Lovell #Carrie Mae Weems #Ming Smith #Rashid Johnson #Naia F.#Kia LaBeija #Pamela Council #Shikeith #Tau Lewis #Deana Lawson #Lorna Simpson #Mickalene Thomas

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burntsoft · 5 months

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#mickalene thomas #interiors

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brooklynmuseum · 1 year

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After Party, anyone? 🥂

The Brooklyn Artists Ball After Party is set for April 25. Hosted by our Young Leadership Council and featuring a DJ set by Swizz Beatz, you can expect cocktails, after-hours gallery access, and artist-led activations.

🎟 http://bit.ly/3zGc4xT

Members receive first access with an exclusive presale until April 3. Made possible by Dior.

#Brooklyn Museum #brooklyn #museum #art #exhibition #New York City #nyc #nyc events #event #Mickalene Thomas #swizz beatz

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lisamarie-vee · 1 year

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#mickalene thomas #painting #collage #mixed media #female portrait

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