The first comprehensive monograph on Mickalene Thomas a key figure in 21st-century
contemporary artOver the past two decades Mickalene Thomas's critically acclaimed and extensive
body of work has spanned painting collage photography video and immersive installations
that have become her signature. With influences ranging from nineteenth-century painting to
popular culture Thomas's art articulates a complex and empowering vision of aspiration and
self-image through gender and race while expanding on and subverting common definitions of
beauty sexuality and celebrity. This book made in close collaboration with Thomas is the
first to survey the breadth of her extraordinary career.
