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Kristine, on Facebook, pointed out the Mickalene Thomas show at the Art Gallery of Ontario, and I’d taken the day off for a doctor’s appointment anyway, and had two days left on my AGO membership, so I went to see it this afternoon.
The fifth floor is tricky to find (you have to go to the sculpture atrium at the back to find the elevator that goes there) but it was worth it, especially as a big fan of collage, and also of paintings that probably included collage at the sketch stage (i.e. some sections of Thomas’ paintings look like they include real vintage wallpaper, but upon closer inspection the design is hand painted. The rhinestones, otoh, are all real.) Also liked the “living room installations” that straddled art and seating for visitors (Thomas’s main theme is Celebrating Black Women, but she also likes 1970s Interior Design, apparently because it reminds her of her childhood.)
I paid a bit less attention to the video installations, only because I’m generally less into video installations than into paintings (I’d prefer to watch the videos on my own time than in a gallery), but I did walk in on a clip of Eartha Kitt as Catwoman and noted that it was from her debut episode, in which Catwoman attacks the all-white Gotham Fashion Society with a bomb which leaves them unharmed but turns their hair frizzy — subtext very much intended, I suspect. Show runs until March 24th, 2019.
The fifth floor is tricky to find (you have to go to the sculpture atrium at the back to find the elevator that goes there) but it was worth it, especially as a big fan of collage, and also of paintings that probably included collage at the sketch stage (i.e. some sections of Thomas’ paintings look like they include real vintage wallpaper, but upon closer inspection the design is hand painted. The rhinestones, otoh, are all real.) Also liked the “living room installations” that straddled art and seating for visitors (Thomas’s main theme is Celebrating Black Women, but she also likes 1970s Interior Design, apparently because it reminds her of her childhood.)
I paid a bit less attention to the video installations, only because I’m generally less into video installations than into paintings (I’d prefer to watch the videos on my own time than in a gallery), but I did walk in on a clip of Eartha Kitt as Catwoman and noted that it was from her debut episode, in which Catwoman attacks the all-white Gotham Fashion Society with a bomb which leaves them unharmed but turns their hair frizzy — subtext very much intended, I suspect. Show runs until March 24th, 2019.
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Date: 2018-11-30 03:00 am (UTC)From:That remains the only episode of Batman I think I have ever seen, but it cemented Kitt in my mind as the definitive Catwoman.
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Date: 2018-11-30 11:47 am (UTC)From:I actually hate video installations in galleries unless they're a minute long or something. I like to move around when I'm in a gallery, not stand awkwardly waiting for the thing to start again.
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Date: 2018-11-30 04:07 pm (UTC)From: