Mickalene Thomas

And then it was going to be my largest painting to that date. At that point, I was only working like four by five or four by five feet or like no larger than six feet.

And then it was going to be my largest painting to that date. At that point, I was only working like four by five or four by five feet or like no larger than six feet.

And then it was going to be my largest painting to that date. At that point, I was only working like four by five or four by five feet or like no larger than six feet.

This was 10 by 20 feet.

This was 10 by 20 feet.

This was 10 by 20 feet.

Oh, Lunching in of the Grass, La Dijonais Saloon by Manet. And it was a very provocative painting, large oil painting of three figures, but it's actually four figures. Oftentimes they always speak about lunching in of the grass with – Three figures, but there's a fourth figure because there's one person that's bathing in the back.

Oh, Lunching in of the Grass, La Dijonais Saloon by Manet. And it was a very provocative painting, large oil painting of three figures, but it's actually four figures. Oftentimes they always speak about lunching in of the grass with – Three figures, but there's a fourth figure because there's one person that's bathing in the back.

Oh, Lunching in of the Grass, La Dijonais Saloon by Manet. And it was a very provocative painting, large oil painting of three figures, but it's actually four figures. Oftentimes they always speak about lunching in of the grass with – Three figures, but there's a fourth figure because there's one person that's bathing in the back.

And I think there's one figure that depicts a female nude and then the kind of half-dressed female bather in the back that's often removed when it's remade. Three main figures on a picnic, and it's a woman seated with two dressed men, fully dressed men, I guess.

And I think there's one figure that depicts a female nude and then the kind of half-dressed female bather in the back that's often removed when it's remade. Three main figures on a picnic, and it's a woman seated with two dressed men, fully dressed men, I guess.

And I think there's one figure that depicts a female nude and then the kind of half-dressed female bather in the back that's often removed when it's remade. Three main figures on a picnic, and it's a woman seated with two dressed men, fully dressed men, I guess.

that really is was at the time very controversial because to have a painting that sort of depicts this nude woman just and leisure at a picnic right right it's like what is going on here and then to recreate it where there's three black women yes but to recreate it with three black women who are fully dressed um but this particular painting made uh

that really is was at the time very controversial because to have a painting that sort of depicts this nude woman just and leisure at a picnic right right it's like what is going on here and then to recreate it where there's three black women yes but to recreate it with three black women who are fully dressed um but this particular painting made uh

that really is was at the time very controversial because to have a painting that sort of depicts this nude woman just and leisure at a picnic right right it's like what is going on here and then to recreate it where there's three black women yes but to recreate it with three black women who are fully dressed um but this particular painting made uh

Edouard Manet, very famous, because it was very controversy, and it's an incredible work that is in France. And it's still there. I think it's at the Musée d'Orsay. I decided to reinterpret or reclaim the space with empowering the one woman –

Edouard Manet, very famous, because it was very controversy, and it's an incredible work that is in France. And it's still there. I think it's at the Musée d'Orsay. I decided to reinterpret or reclaim the space with empowering the one woman –

Edouard Manet, very famous, because it was very controversy, and it's an incredible work that is in France. And it's still there. I think it's at the Musée d'Orsay. I decided to reinterpret or reclaim the space with empowering the one woman –

are the half-dressed woman, the bather, and the one woman undressed as three powerful women who are fully clothed, seated, and not at a picnic, just lounging and giving each other their flowers. And I thought that was very important for me, as you see them, see her handing flowers. As a way, for me, as black women seeing each other as a sisterhood of community,

are the half-dressed woman, the bather, and the one woman undressed as three powerful women who are fully clothed, seated, and not at a picnic, just lounging and giving each other their flowers. And I thought that was very important for me, as you see them, see her handing flowers. As a way, for me, as black women seeing each other as a sisterhood of community,