Mickalene Thomas - Kellie Jones

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Résumé :
The first comprehensive survey monograph on Mickalene Thomas, a key figure in 21st century contemporary art. Over the past two decades, Mickalene Thomas's critically acclaimed end extensive body of work video, and has spanned painting, collage, photography video, and the immersive installations that have become her signature. With influences ranging from nineteenth-century painting to popular culture, Thomas's art articulates a complex and empowering vision of aspiration and self-image througth and race while expanding on and subverting common definitions of beauty, sexuality, and celebrity.

Biographie:
Roxane GAY is a writer, professor, and social commentator whose books include Hunger (2017) and Bad Feminist (2014). She is a contributing opinion writer to the New York Times. Kellie JONES is Hans Hofmann Professor of Modern Art at Columbia University. She is the author of several books including South of Pico : African American Artist in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s (2017).

Sommaire:
Roxane Gay is a writer, memoirist, and contributor to the New York Times. She is the author of several books, including Hunger and Bad Feminist. Kellie Jones is Professor in Art History and Archaeology at the Institute for Research in African American Studies at Columbia. She has authored several books and curated exhibitions including Now Dig This!: Art and Black Los Angeles, 1960-1980. ...