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A Moment's Pleasure in Black and White

Mickalene ThomasWW-2008-164226

2008·Gelatin silver print·Overall: 23 3/4 × 29 3/4 × 3/16 in. (60.3 × 75.6 × 0.5 cm)

<p>Mickalene Thomas, <em>A Moment's Pleasure in Black and White</em>, 2008. Gelatin silver print, overall: 23 3/4 × 29 3/4 × 3/16 in. (60.3 × 75.6 × 0.5 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee 2009.81. © Mickalene Thomas</p>

Catalogue

Year: 2008
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Overall: 23 3/4 × 29 3/4 × 3/16 in. (60.3 × 75.6 × 0.5 cm)
Collection: Whitney Museum of American Art
Artist: Mickalene Thomas

Artist

Mickalene Thomas

Painting

Mickalene Thomas is an African-American contemporary visual artist best known as a painter of complex works using rhinestones, acrylic, and enamel. Thomas's collage work is inspired from popular art histories and movements, including Impressionism, Cubism, Dada, the Harlem Renaissance, and selected works by the Afro-British painter Chris Ofili. Her work draws from Western art history, pop art, and visual culture to examine ideas around femininity, beauty, race, sexuality, and gender.

Brooklyn

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