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You're Gonna Give Me the Love I Need

You're Gonna Give Me the Love I Need

Artist/Maker (American, b. 1971)
Date2010
MediumCollaged handmade paper with silkscreened pigmented paper pulp, pochoir, digital print, and glitter and cloth appliqué
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 24 × 30 in. (61 × 76.2 cm)
Frame: 26 1/4 × 32 1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (66.7 × 81.9 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineRuth C. Roush Contemporary Art Fund
Edition10/40
Object number2014.45
Status
On view
Copyright© Mickalene ThomasMore Information
Thomas depicts Black women—often friends, family, or lovers—in lavish settings, recalling Western art historical motifs such as the reclining Venus. The brilliant fabrics that decorate her interiors and adorn her subjects function as markers of personal identity. Based on a large painting of the same name, this collage incorporates handmade, patterned papers, glitter, and fabric to achieve a tactile effect.
Provenance(VanDeb Editions, Long Island City, NY); purchased 2014 by Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OHExhibition History
Body Proxy: Clothing in Contemporary Art
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 1, 2015 - December 13, 2015 )
Radically Ordinary: Scenes from Black Life in America Since 1968
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (July 11, 2018 - December 23, 2018 )
Where Is Consent in Art (Museums)?
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 27, 2023 - August 22, 2023 )
Collections
  • Modern & Contemporary
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