{"id":314,"date":"2020-12-08T15:51:38","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T15:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-2560-fall-2020-through-her-gaze\/?page_id=314"},"modified":"2020-12-15T00:23:14","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T00:23:14","slug":"mickalene-thomas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-2560-fall-2020-through-her-gaze\/mickalene-thomas\/","title":{"rendered":"Mickalene Thomas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-387 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-2560-fall-2020-through-her-gaze\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/414\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-13-at-12.49.40-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1232\" height=\"1354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-2560-fall-2020-through-her-gaze\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/414\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-13-at-12.49.40-AM.png 1232w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-2560-fall-2020-through-her-gaze\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/414\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-13-at-12.49.40-AM-273x300.png 273w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-2560-fall-2020-through-her-gaze\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/414\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-13-at-12.49.40-AM-932x1024.png 932w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-2560-fall-2020-through-her-gaze\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/414\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-13-at-12.49.40-AM-768x844.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mickalene Thomas is a New York-based contemporary visual artist whose art aims to re-envision female beauty, sexuality, and power. She works across mediums, making paintings, collages, photography, video, and installation art. In her, work Thomas addresses \u201csense of self\u201d in the ways feminine spaces and women are depicted in pop culture and art while drawing on art history.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Through Her Gaze <\/em>features two of Thomas&#8217; works<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-314 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-2560-fall-2020-through-her-gaze\/mickalene-thomas\/attachment\/screen-shot-2020-12-13-at-12-54-09-am\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"412\" height=\"490\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-2560-fall-2020-through-her-gaze\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/414\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-13-at-12.54.09-AM.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-2560-fall-2020-through-her-gaze\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/414\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-13-at-12.54.09-AM.png 412w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-2560-fall-2020-through-her-gaze\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/414\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-13-at-12.54.09-AM-252x300.png 252w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-389'>\n\t\t\t\t Mickalene Thomas  April 1977 2017 Collage\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-2560-fall-2020-through-her-gaze\/events-related-to-the-exhibition\/through-her-pose-and-gaze\/attachment\/screen-shot-2020-12-13-at-12-44-50-am\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"982\" height=\"798\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-2560-fall-2020-through-her-gaze\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/414\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-13-at-12.44.50-AM.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-2560-fall-2020-through-her-gaze\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/414\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-13-at-12.44.50-AM.png 982w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-2560-fall-2020-through-her-gaze\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/414\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-13-at-12.44.50-AM-300x244.png 300w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-2560-fall-2020-through-her-gaze\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/414\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-13-at-12.44.50-AM-768x624.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-384'>\n\t\t\t\tTell Me What You\u2019re Thinking  2016 Chromogenic Print on Paper 39 \u00be x 49 \u00bd in Bowdoin College Museum of Art Museum Purchase, Lloyd O. and Marjorie Strong Coulter Fund  2018.8\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>From ArtNet<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.artnet.com%2Finsights%2Fart-market-trends%2Fvideo-interview-with-artist-mickalene-thomas.asp&amp;v=4RgonIAnVXk&amp;event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbS10cnY3dzhILXZVdkRYOWc3Z0FYVVNXMWRZZ3xBQ3Jtc0tud0NqLU81dXdoSVJiQjE5WlI2Ykl3TU1OOGFKV3hTYi12eWhDU2RKZ0hpVDl2V0ZOMjVUT25IcXpEalJjcWNySmw4TmhGUjRUazZsRUVUOHF6X0djZTNoalczc3pMWmVjYnNPRHM4S0U4Xy1jV1ZOUQ%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.artnet.com\/insights\/art-ma&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">We sat down with New York-based artist Mickalene Thomas in her Brooklyn studio. Thomas, well known for her rhinestone, enamel, and acrylic paintings, as well as her portraits of African Amerian women, explores modern notions of beauty and sexuality, drawing heavily from pop culture and Pop Art.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Artist Interview with Mickalene Thomas\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4RgonIAnVXk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mickalene Thomas: &#039;I Can\u2019t See You Without Me&#039;\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BHCNmXq8P5I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Explore the work of New York-based artist Mickalene Thomas, who is best known for her elaborate, rhinestone-encrusted paintings of African-American women. &#8216;I Can\u2019t See You Without Me&#8217; explores the representation of women of color in art, addressing their absence and celebrating their beauty. The exhibition is on view at the Wexner Center for the Arts through Dec. 30, 2018.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Inside the Brooklyn Home of Artist Mickalene Thomas\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SMX60fh5u7o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here is a link to Mickalene Thomas&#8217; official website<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mickalenethomas.com\/\">https:\/\/www.mickalenethomas.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Mickalene Thomas is a New York-based contemporary visual artist whose art aims to re-envision female beauty, sexuality, and power. She works across mediums, making paintings, collages, photography, video, and installation art. In her, work Thomas addresses \u201csense of self\u201d in the ways feminine spaces and women are depicted in pop culture and art while &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-2560-fall-2020-through-her-gaze\/mickalene-thomas\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mickalene Thomas&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1069,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-314","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-2560-fall-2020-through-her-gaze\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-2560-fall-2020-through-her-gaze\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-2560-fall-2020-through-her-gaze\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-2560-fall-2020-through-her-gaze\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1069"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-2560-fall-2020-through-her-gaze\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-2560-fall-2020-through-her-gaze\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/314\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-2560-fall-2020-through-her-gaze\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}