MICKALENE THOMAS "TIFFONA LISA #2" 2016Mickalene Thomas (b. 1971) is an American artist exploring the intersection of popular culture and art history, through a contemporary Black female gaze. As an openly gay Black woman, sexuality and race are essential themes in Thomas' practice. Thomas frequently creates portraits of black women. Her subjects, or muses, emanate an air of confidence or nonchalance and are often surrounded by abstract or patterned elements from an array of sources and

Christensen began using spray guns

"Julian and Jessica" from A Tremor in the Morning

Photograph taken in 1982

he created an aesthetic that was both versatile and distinctively his

"The Honeymoon is Over" from the "Fear Management" series

Monkman will create precise preparatory drawings

"Untitled" (Marigold Joy)

75”H 3”W (work)

1956-1961" which illuminated this significant motif from his first decade in New York

" stands for "Hors Commerce"

and collaged onto the sheet with naturally deckled edges

5"H 9"W (work)