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Afro Goddess Looking Forward

Edition:
109/910
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Signed and numbered on the print's recto's bottom margin.
UV pigment print on 410gsm Somerset Tub Sized Radiant White paper with 8 silkscreen layers, including 2 silkscreen metallic shimmer and glitter layers, gloss varnish, CMYK silkscreen panels and matte varnish seal.
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Image size:
61.8 x 39 cm
Print size:
68.1 x 44.9 cm
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Unframed
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Provenance:
Avant Arte
Year of work:
2015
Printed in
2025
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Afro Goddess Looking Forward operates as a powerful reclamation of Black female beauty, agency, and subjectivity within the Western art historical canon. Rooted in Thomas broader practice of subverting the traditional Odalisque, the work centers the Black woman not as a passive object of the gaze, but as a self-possessed, commanding presence. Created during a period when Thomas was deeply exploring the aesthetic vernacular of the 1970s and the visual legacy of the "Black is Beautiful" movement, the portrait elevates her subject to the status of an iconic, contemporary muse, blending personal intimacy with fierce political assertion.

Mickalene Thomas
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Mickalene Thomas
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Afro Goddess Looking Forward

Edition:
109/910
Sold out by gallery or publisher
Signed and numbered on the print's recto's bottom margin.
Signed
Image size:
61.8 x 39 cm
Print size:
68.1 x 44.9 cm
Frame size:
Unframed
Provenance:
Avant Arte
Year of work:
2015
UV pigment print on 410gsm Somerset Tub Sized Radiant White paper with 8 silkscreen layers, including 2 silkscreen metallic shimmer and glitter layers, gloss varnish, CMYK silkscreen panels and matte varnish seal.
Printed in:
2025
$
1080
Inquire
Currently on hold
Note: prints larger than 18" are custom-shipped. Inquire about shipping methods & costs.
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Afro Goddess Looking Forward operates as a powerful reclamation of Black female beauty, agency, and subjectivity within the Western art historical canon. Rooted in Thomas broader practice of subverting the traditional Odalisque, the work centers the Black woman not as a passive object of the gaze, but as a self-possessed, commanding presence. Created during a period when Thomas was deeply exploring the aesthetic vernacular of the 1970s and the visual legacy of the "Black is Beautiful" movement, the portrait elevates her subject to the status of an iconic, contemporary muse, blending personal intimacy with fierce political assertion.

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