Center for Black Visual Culture.
by Beverly Guy-Sheftall with Kristian Conteras, Darnell L. Moore, Claudia Rankine, Ed Schad, Christine Y. Kim, Renée Mussai, Rachel Thomas.
A major monograph chronicling Thomas’ vibrant, rhinestone-adorned paintings. Mickalene Thomas’ extensive body of work spans painting, collage, print, photography, video and immersive installations. Thomas’ art articulates a complex and empowering vision of womanhood while expanding on and upending common definitions of beauty, sexuality, celebrity and politics.