Mickalene Thomas

A beautiful Saturday spent at the Brooklyn Museum. 

Brooklyn artist Mickalene Thomas is best known for her elaborate, collage-inspired paintings, embellished with rhinestones, enamel, and colorful acrylics. Her depictions of African American women explore a spectrum of black female beauty and sexual identity while constructing images of femininity and power. Origin of the Universe, Thomas’s first solo museum exhibition, highlights recent bodies of work that examine interior and exterior environments in relation to the female figure. Their settings are often inspired by her 1970s childhood. (source)

The artist's mother

The exhibit also featured a short biographical film on Thomas's mother.  I loved the whole thing! The movie was touching, the bold images of women of color, the variety of textures and colors. Love. I wanted to take several things home....sigh.

Sadly the exhibition is now over but you can find out more about Ms. Thomas here.