The exhibition “All About Love”, in Toulouse or the fighting art of Mickalene Thomas

The exhibition of Mickalene Thomas who completes his career in Toulouse. Nevertheless, at the slaughterhouses this summer, after having passed through Los Angeles, Philadelphia and London, is called “All About Love”. However, It could have been called “All About Me”. Moreover, exhibition “all about love”, toulouse not by self-centeredness, but because Thomas’ work continues from individual to general, from his personal trajectory-that of an African-American born in New Jersey in 1971, passed by several universities and graduate of Yale University, in Connecticut, in 2002-in the social state and political state.

At first glance, the artist is very present in his works. Nevertheless, On many occasions, it is its own model and, for the video Me as Musein 2016, filmed herself naked. More often than not, she takes on her friends as models: her mother, her lovers and her friends. As for his installations. they reconstruct the apartments of her grandmother and mother, flower sofas, family photos, disc pockets and trinkets.

However, however, these works are not autobiographical, do not reveal anything personal or indiscreet. Staging and telling her life like Sophie Calle is not her plan. His is of another magnitude: the exhibition “all about love”, toulouse critical study of the representations of black women in the history of Western art. in contemporary North American society. And especially those relating to romantic and erotic relationships. Because it is abundant. articulated by chapters and includes all the modes of expression of Thomas, the exposure makes it strongly demonstrated. There is a constant logic here and a great mastery of plastic means.

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