Saturday, May 05, 2007

Prime Time: Shinique Smith and Mickalene Thomas

Prime Time: Shinique Smith and Mickalene Thomas at Caren Golden Fine Art in New York, NY. "...Caren Golden Fine Art is pleased to present Prime Time, a two-person exhibition featuring the work of Shinique Smith and Mickalene Thomas. Smith and Thomas have shown in numerous exhibitions together including African Queen and Frequency at the Studio Museum in Harlem, Do You Think I'm Disco? at the Longwood Arts Center in the Bronx and My Love is a 187 at the Luggage Store Gallery in San Francisco. Prime Time is an opportunity to further explore the nuances of their individual working processes. Addressing different aspects of contemporary culture, both artists layer color, pattern and texture in their use of found objects and imagery. A mutual affinity for accumulation is a common thread that unites their disparate methodologies."