Artist field note

Mickalene Thomas

Glamour takes control of the gaze.

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Din, une tres belle negresse 1 by Mickalene Thomas
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Din, une tres belle negresse 1

2012

A Black female subject occupies the scale and visual luxury historically denied to her.

The five in one idea

Thomas makes glamour a form of agency and puts Black women in command of art history's gaze.