MICKALENE THOMAS "SCREEN TEST" SCREENPRINT, 2024 Donald Sultan "Orange Flowers" from Mother and Child

from Mother and Child

and formality as they converge with a graphic clarity

simple yet bold forms

5"H 12"W (work)

Avery’s drawings demonstrate his sustained interest in the everyday as a subject deserving of formal exploration

MICKALENE THOMAS "SCREEN TEST" SCREENPRINT, 2024 Donald Sultan "Orange Flowers" from Mother and ChildMickalene 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, Thomas foregrounds sexuality, race, and representation, reconfiguring the conventions of portraiture to centre Black women as subjects of power, agency, and desire. Thomas frequently creates portraits of Black womenfriends, lovers, and museswho emanate a self possessed