Mickalene Thomas
Third Drawer Down
A Little Taste Outside Of Love Scarf by Mickalene Thomas x Third Drawer Down
Details
In collaboration with Mickalene Thomas, we bring you A Little Taste Outside of Love scarf. This delicate silk embodiment of the 2007 piece communicates complex notions of femininity, power, identity and the relationships between. Featuring an all over print with hand rolled edges, this scarf provides a way to have the work of Thomas with you wherever you are.
About the Artist
Mickalene Thomas is a 2015 United States Artists Francie Bishop Good and David Horvitz Fellow, distinguished visual artist, filmmaker and curator who has exhibited extensively both nationally and internationally. She is best known for combining art-historical, political and pop-cultural references in her works and for her paintings embellished with rhinestones, enamel and rich acrylics that introduce complex notions of femininity and challenge common definitions of beauty and aesthetic representations of women.
Thomas's work us in the permanent collections of New York's Museum of Modern Art, Brooklyn Museum, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and Whitney Museum of American Art, as well as the Detroit Institute of Arts; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; and Smithsonian American Art Museum, among many others.
Specifications
- 130cm x 100cm (51" x 39.3")
- Silk scarf with hand-rolled edges
- Packaged in envelope
Artwork
Mickalene Thomas, A Little Taste Outside of Love, 2007.
Rhinestones, acrylic, and enamel on wood panel
108 x 144 inches (274.3 x 365.8 cm)
© Mickalene Thomas
Mickalene Thomas
Brooklyn artist Mickalene Thomas is best known for her elaborate, collage-inspired paintings, embellished with rhinestones, enamel, and colorful acrylics. Her depictions of African American women explore a spectrum of black female beauty and sexual identity while constructing images of femininity and power.
Third Drawer Down
Founded in Melbourne, Australia in 2003, Third Drawer Down has collaborated with some of the most influential artists of our time, translating their works into gift and homeware collections with an uncompromising dedication to artistic integrity, functionality, and accessibility. Originally established as a project producing limited edition artist tea towels as prints-on-linen, Third Drawer Down has grown into a global business, launching the United States company in fall 2018. Third Drawer Down’s superbly crafted artist-driven gifts and homewares are brimming with irony and intelligence working with the greatest artists on the planet. The studio has collaborated with more than 200 international artists including Louise Bourgeois, Judy Chicago, Guerrilla Girls, Alex Katz, Yayoi Kusama, Chris Ofili, Robert Rauschenberg, Cindy Sherman, Kiki Smith, David Salle, David Shrigley, and Mickalene Thomas.
