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Racquel: Come to Me

Mickalene ThomasWW-2016-172691

2016·Rhinestones, acrylic, enamel, and oil on wood panel·Overall: 108 1/8 × 84 1/8 × 2 in. (274.6 × 213.7 × 5.1 cm)

<p>Mickalene Thomas, <em>Racquel: Come to Me</em>, 2016. Rhinestones, acrylic, enamel, and oil on wood panel, overall: 108 1/8 × 84 1/8 × 2 in. (274.6 × 213.7 × 5.1 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Rachel and Jimmy Levin 2024.359</p>

Catalogue

Year: 2016
Medium: Rhinestones, acrylic, enamel, and oil on wood panel
Dimensions: Overall: 108 1/8 × 84 1/8 × 2 in. (274.6 × 213.7 × 5.1 cm)
Collection: Whitney Museum of American Art
Artist: Mickalene Thomas

Artist

Mickalene Thomas

Painting

Mickalene Thomas is an African-American contemporary visual artist best known as a painter of complex works using rhinestones, acrylic, and enamel. Thomas's collage work is inspired from popular art histories and movements, including Impressionism, Cubism, Dada, the Harlem Renaissance, and selected works by the Afro-British painter Chris Ofili. Her work draws from Western art history, pop art, and visual culture to examine ideas around femininity, beauty, race, sexuality, and gender.

Brooklyn

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