| Muse: Mickalene Thomas: Photographs Contributor(s): Thomas, Mickalene (Photographer), Thomas, Mickalene (Author) |
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ISBN: 159711314X ISBN-13: 9781597113144 Publisher: Aperture OUR PRICE: $58.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Photography | Individual Photographers - Monographs - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Portraits & Selfies |
| Dewey: 779.209 |
| LCCN: 2015938423 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 10.1" W x 13.2" (3.25 lbs) 120 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Mickalene Thomas, known for her large-scale, multitextured and rhinestone-encrusted paintings of domestic interiors and portraits, identifies the photographic image as a defining touchstone for her practice. Thomas began to photograph herself and her mother as a student at Yale, studying under David Hilliard--a pivotal experience for her as an artist. This volume is the first to gather together her various approaches to photography, including portraits, collages, Polaroids and other processes. The work is a personal act of deconstruction and reappropriation. Working primarily in her studio, Thomas' portraits draw equally from memories of her mother, 1970s black-is-beautiful images of women such as supermodel Beverly Johnson and actress Vonetta McGee, douard Manet's odalisque figures and the mise-en-sc ne studio portraiture of James Van Der Zee and Malick Sidib . The interior space of her studio, a reappearing character in many of her photographs and paintings, frequently takes on as much of a performative role as her models do. The space exudes a thick, cozy physicality from its layers of fur, rugs, wood paneling and multipatterned linoleum tiles--all of which are richly laden with sensory triggers of a 1970s American rumpus room. |
Contributor Bio(s): Thomas, Mickalene: - Mickalene Thomas earned her BFA in painting at Pratt Institute in 2000 and an MFA at the Yale University School of Art in 2002. Thomas participated in residencies at the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, 2000 3, and at the Versailles Foundation Munn Artists Program, Giverny, France, 2011. Her work has been included in countless exhibitions worldwide, including at La Conservera, Ceuti, Spain (2009); National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C. (2010); Hara Museum, Tokyo (2011), Santa Monica Museum of Art, California (2012); and Brooklyn Museum (2012 13). She is represented by Lehmann Maupin in New York, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, and Galerie Nathalie Obadia in Paris. |
