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Mickalene Thomas
Mickalene Thomas
American Artist
Born: Jan 28, 1971
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When you look at death, it makes you understand the importance of the moment when you have life and death in front of you, and you witness seeing someone deteriorating in front of you - it's an overwhelming experience. If you don't learn from that, I don't know what else you're gonna learn. Mickalene Thomas
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I grew up with a lot of brothers, and I don't have any sisters, so for me it's really important to develop my sisterhood. It's something I've always coveted. Mickalene Thomas
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To see yourself, and for others to see you, is a form of validation. I'm interested in that very mysterious and mystical way we relate to each other in the world. Mickalene Thomas
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I've always been interested in masking, layering, dressing up and beautifying yourself and what that meant to black women. I've always wanted to make things that I haven't seen before. Mickalene Thomas
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I'm really interested in women, particularly the kind of black woman who has overcome obstacles in her life and transformed. Mickalene Thomas
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I started making art with art therapy. It's what I know how to do. I got a lot of criticism for that when I was in school. But I think it works for me. Mickalene Thomas
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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. Mickalene Thomas
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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. Mickalene Thomas
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What you put on your wall should be inspiration. Mickalene Thomas
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All of my experiences modeling, acting, doing theater, it's all in the work now. And the work freed me to transform myself. Mickalene Thomas
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I don't think an artist should always know why they gravitate toward something or someone. You are just drawn to things, and that's OK. Mickalene Thomas
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There's a great desire for people to alter themselves, but it's also the art of transformation. 'I want a bigger butt; I want bigger boobs.' The artifice interests me - how we're capable of altering ourselves. There's a creative element that's very intriguing. Mickalene Thomas
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You know, the emotion - it comes in my art. The kind of person I am, I can deal with things, and I do and I can, but I'm not a crier. Mickalene Thomas
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What's always intriguing to me is transforming my subjects into a character from another era. Mickalene Thomas
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With photography, you've captured a moment time - it's that moment only - and in painting, you play with it; you manipulate how time is presented. It's about fantasy and illusion and the creation of desire. 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. Mickalene Thomas
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I am proud to be able to exhibit my work and inspire young people. Especially young black women so they know that they are beautiful, that they don't have to hold onto any negative stereotypes. Mickalene Thomas
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