Telephone +82 2 725 0094seoul@lehmannmaupin.com, 1 Cromwell Place © 2019 New Britain Museum of American Art | All Rights Reserved | Website Design: Zero Gravity Marketing, 56 Lexington Street / New Britain, CT 06052. Telephone +1 212 255 2923newyork@lehmannmaupin.com, Telephone +852 2530 0025hongkong@lehmannmaupin.com, 74-18, Yulgok-ro 3-gil 1971) is a contemporary visual artist best known for her opulent figurative works created with rhinestones, acrylic, and enamel. Blurring the distinction between object and subject, concrete and abstract, real and imaginary, Thomas constructs complex portraits, landscapes, and interiors in order to examine how identity, gender, and sense of self are informed by the ways women are represented in art and popular culture. We aim at providing better value for money than most. Thomas introduces a complex vision of what it means to be a woman and expands common definitions of beauty. New York-based artist Mickalene Thomas is best known for her elaborate paintings composed of rhinestones, acrylic and enamel. 536 West 22nd Street Photo courtesy Kavi Gupta Gallery Click the FOLLOW button to be the first to know about this artist's upcoming lots, sold lots, exhibitions and articles FOLLOW. 152.4 × 213.4 cm. 1 exhibition, 1 upcoming exhibition, 4 articles. South Kensington, SW7 2JE London Monday, Tuesday: ClosedWednesday-Sunday: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.Visiting Tier 1 | 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.Museum closes | 1 p.m. – 2 p.m.Visiting Tier 2 | 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. We are proud to be a participant of the CTArtTrail. 1971, Camden, New Jersey) is known for her elaborate paintings adorned with rhinestones, enamel and colorful acrylics. Her work stems from her long study of art history and the classical genres of portraiture, landscape, and still life. Acrylic on canvas. By depicting the sitter in classic poses against abstract settings, and mostly referring to the periods of social change marked. For instance, by the second wave of feminism and the civil rights movement, Thomas reclaims the inherited representational patterns framed by patriarchy and racism. 1971, Camden, NJ; lives and works in Brooklyn, NY) makes paintings, collages, photography, video, and installations that draw on art history and popular culture to create a contemporary vision of female sexuality, beauty, and power. Telephone +44 20 8057 1880london@lehmannmaupin.com. OVERVIEW ARTWORKS EXHIBITIONS AT AUCTION ARTICLES PERFORMANCE BIOGRAPHY Selected Solo Exhibitions 2019. Mickalene Thomas is an artist, best known for her paintings made of rhinestones, acrylic and enamel; she also works in photography, collage, printmaking, sculpture and installation art. Featured image: Mickalene Thomas – I was born to do great things, 2014 (detail). Mickalene Thomas (American, b.1971) is a New York-based artist who is best known for her elaborate rhinestone-adorned paintings as well as her use of colorful acrylic paints. Thomas has been awarded multiple prizes and grants, including the USA Francie Bishop Good & David Horvitz Fellow (2015); Anonymous Was A Woman Award (2013); Brooklyn Museum Asher B. Durand Award (2012); and the Timehri Award for Leadership in the Arts (2010). Photo courtesy Kavi Gupta Gallery. Winston Salem, NC, “Art Basel” with Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Miami, FL, “Me, Myself and I”, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, “Beauty”, Kravets/Wehby Gallery, New York, “Why Don’t We Do It In the Road”, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL, “Brush”, The Yellow Door Gallery, New York. Featured image: Mickalene Thomas – I was born to do great things, 2014 (detail). 152.4 × … Thomas introduces a complex vision of what it means to be a woman and expands common definitions of beauty. Solo exhibitions of her work have been organized at The Dayton Art Institute, OH (forthcoming, 2018); Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA (forthcoming, 2018); Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA (forthcoming, 2018); Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA (forthcoming, 2017); Newcomb Art Museum, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA (2017); Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Atlanta, GA (2017); Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2016); Aspen Art Museum, CO (2016); Aperture Foundation, New York (2016); George Eastman Museum, Rochester, NY (2014); Brooklyn Museum, New York (2012-13); Santa Monica Museum of Art (2012); Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (2012); Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo (2011); and La Conservera Centro de Arte Contemporaneo, Ceuti, Spain (2009). modifier - modifier le code - modifier Wikidata. COVID-19: Health and Safety Updates. Mickalene Thomas is known for large-scale female figurative mixed-media paintings, collage, installation art. May, 25 2020 ACTIVITY 6 Alerts. 1971, Camden, NJ; lives and works in Brooklyn, NY) makes paintings, collages, photography, video, and installations that draw on art history and popular culture to create a contemporary vision of female sexuality, beauty, and power. Mickalene Thomas. She is also known for her provocative paintings of African American women who romanticize power and femininity, which is reminiscent of the 1970s-style Blaxploitation genre. Thomas uses rhinestones to shade and accentuate specific elements of each painting, while subtly confronting our assumptions about what is feminine and what defines women. Get the latest news on the events, trends, and people that shape the global art market with our daily newsletter. Formée à la Southern Cross University, à Lismore (1998), titulaire d'un Bachelor of Fine Arts en peinture au Pratt Institute à Brooklyn (2000), et d'un Master of Fine Arts à la Yale University School of Arts à New Haven (2002), Mickalene Thomas vit et travaille à Brooklyn, New York. Mickalene Thomas, née le 28 janvier 1971 à Camden, est une peintre et photographe des États-Unis. New York-based artist Mickalene Thomas is best known for her elaborate paintings composed of rhinestones, acrylic and enamel. Featured image: Mickalene Thomas - I was born to do great things, 2014 (detail). Biography. Thomas introduces a complex vision of what it means to be a woman and expands common definitions of beauty. 152.4 × 213.4 cm. Select group exhibitions featuring her work include Third Space / Shifting Conversations About Contemporary Art, Birmingham Museum of Art, AL (2017);  Constructing Identity: Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African-American Art, Portland Art Museum, ME (2017); The Color Line: African American Artists and the Civil Rights in the United States, Musée du quai Branly, Paris (2016); SHE: International Women Artists, Long Museum, Shanghai (2016); No Man’s Land: Women Artists from the Rubell Family Collection, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, traveled to the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC (2015); 30 Americans, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (2011), which has traveled extensively around the United States (2011-2017, ongoing); and Americans Now, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC (2010). This was a time of immense social and political conflict, change, and transformation—the civil rights movement, the black is beautiful movement, and the second wave of feminism—during which many women, particularly African-Americans, rejected and redefined traditional standards of beauty. Her work is held by the Akron Art Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, Brooklyn Museum, MFA Boston, MoMA, SFMoMA, Smithsonian Museum, and the Whitney. Biography Exhibitions Artist Website Back. Thomas has drawn inspiration from multiple artistic periods and cultural influences throughout Western art history, particularly the early modernists such as Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Edouard Manet, and Romare Bearden. We provide art lovers and art collectors with one of the best places on the planet to discover modern and contemporary art. 60 × 84 in. All rights reserved. Mickalene Thomas is a contemporary African-American multimedia artist who gained prominence for her vibrant collaged paintings embellished with rhinestones. By continuing to use our sites and applications, you agree to our use of cookies. 6. FOLLOW. Her work explores her own identity, sexuality and the relationship of women of colour to the world around them. Born in Camden, New Jersey, she was raised by her mother, Sandra Bush, whose addiction to drugs when Mickalene was a teenager was one factor in the growing difficulties in their relationship. Mickalene Thomas Biography. Another was Mickalene’s sexuality; after high school, she moved to Portland, Oregon, to be close to a woman with whom she had fallen in love. 1971) is a contemporary visual artist best known for her opulent figurative works created with rhinestones, acrylic, and enamel. Acrylic on canvas. Biographie. New York, NY 10011 Born 1971, Camden, NJ. ©2020 Artnet Worldwide Corporation. 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