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is multidisciplinary artist, McAleen Thomas. In Thomas's art, black women are front and center. Her subjects are often at leisure,

resting on couches and chairs, sometimes clothed, sometimes fully nude, accentuated by rhinestones

and rich, colorful patterns. The scale of her paintings, often made of unconventional materials

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