I Can't See You Without Me

By Mickalene Thomas

Culling from art history and popular culture, Thomas creates scintillating portraits that deconstruct the highly charged connections between sitter, artist and viewer. Whether depicted as classically composed 19th-century odalisques, Afro-adorned vixens of blaxploitation films or as a powerful maternal figure yearning for social mobility, the recurring models in Thomas' compositions (almost exclusively women of color) convey a spirit of strength and self-confidence.

Published by Wexner Center

0.4" x 10.9" x 8.4" / 1.25 lbs

128 pages