Beauty was so heavily important in my family, something I had to contend with. All those experiences allow me to make what I'm making today. I grew up with that. There's a reason why I express that in my art. I'm trying to figure it out myself.
Beauty was so heavily important in my family, something I had to contend with. All those experiences allow me to make what I'm making today. I grew u… - Mickalene Thomas
Beauty was so heavily important in my family, something I had to contend with. All those experiences allow me to make what I'm making today. I grew u…
- Mickalene Thomas
I knew what I was doing, but I never really considered the magnitude of how my images were transformative to people. - Mickalene Thomas
I knew what I was doing, but I never really considered the magnitude of how my images were transformative to people.
Here I am, the artist, the person, the black woman, and the stereotype. I'm using myself and it has nothing to do with my muses or other women. It ha… - Mickalene Thomas
Here I am, the artist, the person, the black woman, and the stereotype. I'm using myself and it has nothing to do with my muses or other women. It ha…
I think what I have done is claimed the space and pushed it forward as much as I can in relationship to who I am and how I live my life. - Mickalene Thomas
I think what I have done is claimed the space and pushed it forward as much as I can in relationship to who I am and how I live my life.
Hotels are amazing spaces and platform for activism. If they placed voting booths in hotels and other space of hospitality - a lot more people would … - Mickalene Thomas
Hotels are amazing spaces and platform for activism. If they placed voting booths in hotels and other space of hospitality - a lot more people would …
I got really excited about finding new ways of using video, and the immediacy is different, in a way, than painting and photography. The creativity c… - Mickalene Thomas
I got really excited about finding new ways of using video, and the immediacy is different, in a way, than painting and photography. The creativity c…
I grew up with a lot of brothers and I don't have any sisters, so for me it's really important to develop my sisterhood. It's something I've always c… - Mickalene Thomas
I grew up with a lot of brothers and I don't have any sisters, so for me it's really important to develop my sisterhood. It's something I've always c…
I'm using the grid as formation. I wanted a relationship between the paintings and videos so that way when you are looking at the videos there's a di… - Mickalene Thomas
I'm using the grid as formation. I wanted a relationship between the paintings and videos so that way when you are looking at the videos there's a di…
Beauty has always been an element of discussion for black women, whether or not we were the ones having the conversation. Out of necessity, black w… - Mickalene Thomas
Beauty has always been an element of discussion for black women, whether or not we were the ones having the conversation. Out of necessity, black w…
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