Powerfully evocative of the feminist and Black Power movements of the 1970s, Thomas’s daringly confrontational Lovely Six Foota explores what it means to be an African-American woman, with all of the layering of race, gender, sexuality, and class that inflects one’s sense of identity. With legs spread, blouse unbuttoned, eyebrow arched, and eyes staring directly at the viewer, Thomas’s model seduces and challenges the viewer’s gaze, as if ambiguously asking "You lookin’ at me?" The setting, too, is a constructed fiction assembled in the artist’s studio, replete with faux animal prints, boldly colored fabrics, and period furniture harkening back to the "Black is Beautiful" milieu of Thomas’s childhood.