Mickalene Thomas is an artist who re-orients the perspective of the nude portrait. In her work, the scene is depicted from the model’s point of view; she watches the viewer watching her. The model is a dark skinned black woman. She exudes self –awareness. This is not the traditional nude. As Jon Berger notes in Ways of Seeing, “The nude is to be seen naked by others and yet not recognized for one ’s self. A nude has to be seen as an object in order to be a nude.”
Thomas also incorporate rhinestones in her portraits, a modern touch dramatizing the way women enhance themselves.
Watch Mickalene Thomas talk about her process.
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