Mickalene Thomas
Resist #2
2020
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Mickalene Thomas
Resist #2
2020
Physical Qualities
Acrylic, oil stick, rhinestones, and glitter on canvas, 84 × 108 × 2 in. (213.4 × 274.3 × 5.1 cm.)
Credit Line
Purchase with exchange funds from the Pearlstone Family Fund and partial gift of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.
Object Number
2021.13
Created in 2020 during the Black Lives Matter movement, this painting testifies and bears witness to racial discrimination while centering Baltimore as a site of resistance to violent oppression. The painting layers Baltimore history, interweaving images of the 1968 social protests and upheaval following Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination with images from the 300 Men March of 2015, a nonviolent movement formed in response to 25-year-old Freddie Gray’s death from injuries sustained while in police custody. It also highlights Rev. Pamela Coleman, Associate Pastor for Justice Issues at God Can Ministries United Church of Christ, who stood at the front lines of protests both ministering to demonstrators and calling for justice and reform.
Thomas collapses these moments into one image, evoking how history repeats itself. Glitter and rhinestones enhance the scene, amplifying its emotional and political urgency.
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