American - Artist | January 28, 1971 -
There's a greater power and charisma when a woman is aware of her sexual prowess when it's not necessarily about victimization or someone else's pleasure but her own feeling about her own body and understanding and loving herself.
Mickalene Thomas
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I would have loved to paint Eartha Kitt, but she's no longer here. I'm so glad I had the chance to meet her.
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My artistic decision to cast my mother's objects into bronze moves beyond the notions of memorializing her. I've been fascinated for some time with the idea of monumentality and what it means to memorialize. Both of these notions are relevant historically, artistically, and culturally.
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The first painting I remember selling was 'Panthera.' I made it while I was in residence at the Studio Museum in Harlem, and the museum actually purchased it directly from me.
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I remember when I first saw Whoopi Goldberg doing standup, and she was wearing a sheet on her head, basically pretending to be this little white girl with long luxurious blonde hair. Everyone can relate to that. It's an oral history of black women's lives through laughter.
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I look to a lot of artists who don't focus on one medium, who you can't pigeonhole.
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What you put on your wall should be inspiration.
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I started making art during high school but thought I lacked the talent to become a true artist.
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Once I made the decision to make art despite the obstacles and to make this my priority, things just opened up for me.
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