Towards a Black Feminist Odalisque: Mickalene Thomas

Towards a Black Feminist Odalisque: Mickalene Thomas
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Annotated Bibliography How do the Mickalene Thomas artworks depict the post-colonial theory? Primary source  Murray, Derek Conrad. "Mickalene Thomas: Afro-Kitsch and the Queering of Blackness." American Art 28, no. 1 (2014): 9-15. The article's central point is the post-black concept since it resonates in expressing the frustration of African American women in expressing their identity irrespective of European powers' superiority. Various artworks have been developed concerning African American women. The concept of post-black encompasses the Odalisque perception. Michalene Thomas advocated towards the new era of post-colonialism changes all the aspects that disapprove the other artist in their artistic work. Most of the paintings have majored in black society. Secondary source  MICKALENE THOMAS » FLATT. (2021). Retrieved 29 March 2021, from The articles are an interview between Mickalane Thomas and Paul Laster concerning the post-black concepts and Thomas's artwork. The article's central key point is Thomas's central focus as a feminist point of view; especially, she is a black African American woman. The transformation from the pre-colonial period to post-colonial periods Is the major idea towards women's focus as depicted in her artwork. Thomas gives a series of changes in the colonial atmosphere that changes the view about African American women.   Table of Contents Introduction. 4 The colonial theory. 5 Thomas vs. modernist artist 5 Thomas artworks. 6 W.E.B Du Bois concept 8 The Hotter than July. 9 Mnonja of 2010. 10 Conclusion. 11 Appendix. 15 Towards a Black Feminist Odalisque: Mickalene Thomas Introduction Mickalene Thomas is an artist working in the present is significantly related to the black women subjects. Charmaine Nelson extensively talks about the representation of black female subjects in western art.. In the western region, the images of then black women were primarily used to justify the colonial pursuits by the Europeans in locating the black female bodies as a platform of their sexual deviance and otherness. The otherness created by the Europeans founded the basics of reading the works of art how the subjects were named based on race, such as Dark Girl or Negres, induced the instinct of alienation, especially from the subjects in that they were discriminated against based on the color of their skin and not their identity that matters in work. In the work depicted by Thomas, her work in reclaiming the image of the black people is viable, especially when pursuing through the lens of the postcolonial lens. Since Thomas is a black female subject, she tries to examine her work through the physical point of view in that she articulates that "looking in the mirror as a way to locate herself within her art.” Besides, its intersection with western art history, other visual cultures, and pop art emphasizes different concepts of race, sex, gender, and femininity. Therefore, this essay will go through Mickalene Thomas's works from a different perspective of postcolonial theory. The colonial theory The post-colon...