Loud, Proud, and Painted

‘Mickalene Thomas: Origin of the Universe,’ at Brooklyn Museum

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Mickalene Thomas’s brash, exuberant paintings don’t care what you think of them; they are much too busy simply — or not so simply — being themselves. Their sense of independence is driven home by this artist’s invigorating exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, along with the realization that the museum’s populist program sometimes hits the nail on the head.

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