NYC HEALTH + HOSPITALS/SOUTH BROOKLYN
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MICKALENE THOMAS
CITY/STATE
Brooklyn, NY
LOCATION IN HOSPITAL
Lobby Mezzanine
INSTALL DATE
March 2025
ABOUT THE INSTALLATION
In late 2024, RxART expects to unveil a new commission by the artist Mickalene Thomas at NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health. Thomas’s project, a large-scale mosaic mural, will be located on the mezzanine level of the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospital’s lobby. Her project proposal features a dense, visually engaging, and neatly arranged composition of collaged paper cutouts. Blocks of solid blues, yellows, and oranges provide a sky-like backdrop for a landscape of found floral imagery. In a nod to the hospital’s namesake, Thomas highlights here images of the late Supreme Court Justice’s favorite flowers: freesias and white hydrangeas. Because of the mezzanine’s visibility, patients, visitors, and staff members will encounter this uplifting and engaging visual focal point immediately upon entering the hospital, ideally setting a positive tone for their visits and welcoming them into this prominent Brooklyn healthcare facility.
Our deepest thanks to the Rallis Foundation and the Ruth Stanton Foundation for your generous support of this project. This project was made possible by RxART in partnership with the Arts in Medicine Department at NYC Health + Hospitals and the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund.
ABOUT THE HOSPITAL
Formerly the Coney Island Hospital, NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health features the state-of-the-art 11,-floor Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospital. This modern health care campus offers emergency care, updated labor and delivery suites, and cutting-edge surgical services. Additionally, the Health & Wellness Institute provides outpatient services, including primary and preventive care, as well as specialty services for both children and adults, all aimed at promoting the health and well-being of the surrounding community.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Mickalene Thomas (b 1971, Camden, NJ) creates paintings, collages, photographs, videos, and installations that draw on art history and popular culture to communicate a contemporary vision of female sexuality, beauty, and power. Thomas received a BFA from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, and an MFA from Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT. She lives and works in Brooklyn.
Solo exhibitions of her work have been organized at The Broad, Los Angeles, CA; the Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH ; Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA; Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA; and the Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA. Thomas has been awarded multiple prizes and grants, including the USA Francie Bishop Good & David Horvitz Fellow (2015); Anonymous Was A Woman Award (2013); Brooklyn Museum Asher B. Durand Award (2012); and the Timehri Award for Leadership in the Arts (2010).
