PRIDE SPECIAL — Manet

Sexuality, Black Female Identity & Empowerment from Mickalene Thomas

African American BLM Manet Mickalene Thomas PRIDE SPECIAL Women Empowerment

Sexuality, Black Female Identity & Empowerment from Mickalene Thomas

ITS PRIDE MONTH AND WE KNOW IT! Something that we strongly believe in, is in women empowerment and lifting each other up! An artist that truly embodies this belief through her art is Mickalene Thomas. In her texturally rich paintings, the Artist examines the popular characterization of celebrities like painters Edouard Manet & Henri Matisse, sexuality and black female identity (especially issues around African-American gay and lesbian identities...).  1. Photo by Avery Jensen.   In an interview with Art Basel, Mickalene Thomas stated “The gaze of my work is unapologetically a black woman's gaze loving other black women''. -Simply bold and admirable!  This Yale-trained Artist also takes inspiration in...

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