Christensen used spray guns
multi-layered works that celebrate Afrocentrism through both figurative and abstract approaches
" and numbered "50/50" in pencil
and formality as they converge with a graphic clarity
This work features two stylized figures in profile
MICKALENE THOMAS "SCREEN TEST" SCREENPRINT, 2024 Donald Sultan "Orange Flowers" Christensen used spray gunsMickalene Thomas (b. 1971) is an American artist exploring the intersection of popular culture and art history, through a contemporary Black female gaze. As an openly gay Black woman, Thomas foregrounds sexuality, race, and representation, reconfiguring the conventions of portraiture to centre Black women as subjects of power, agency, and desire. Thomas frequently creates portraits of Black womenfriends, lovers, and museswho emanate a self possessed