Muse: Mickalene Thomas Photographs - Rilegato

Blessing, Jennifer

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ISBN 10: 159711314X ISBN 13: 9781597113144

Casa editrice: Aperture, 2015

Riassunto

Mickalene Thomas, known for her large-scale, multitextured and rhinestone-encrusted paintings of domestic interiors and portraits, identifies the photographic image as a defining touchstone for her practice. Thomas began to photograph herself and her mother as a student at Yale, studying under David Hilliard—a pivotal experience for her as an artist. This volume is the first to gather together her various approaches to photography, including portraits, collages, Polaroids and other processes. The work is a personal act of deconstruction and reappropriation. Working primarily in her studio, Thomas' portraits draw equally from memories of her mother, 1970s black-is-beautiful images of women such as supermodel Beverly Johnson and actress Vonetta McGee, Édouard Manet's odalisque figures and the mise-en-scène studio portraiture of James Van Der Zee and Malick Sidibé. The interior space of her studio, a reappearing character in many of her photographs and paintings, frequently takes on as much of a performative role as her models do. The space exudes a thick, cozy physicality from its layers of fur, rugs, wood paneling and multipatterned linoleum tiles—all of which are richly laden with sensory triggers of a 1970s American rumpus room.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Aperture
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 159711314X
• ISBN 13: 9781597113144
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 151
• Redattore: Martin Lesley A.