Prime Time presents 12 works by Brooklyn-based artists Mickalene Thomas and Shinique Smith, who offer disparate perspectives on contemporary consumer culture but both employ brightly colored cloth in their works. Thomas' staged photographs and rhinestone-decorated paintings depict self-confident black women in '70s-inspired interiors filled with richly patterned pillows and sofas. Referencing pinup magazines and pop-culture marketing, her works simultaneously celebrate and critique the eroticized African-American female identity. Smith's abstract sculptural assemblages of discarded consumer goods successfully beautify the leftovers of the city. Binding together clothing, a wood stool, a sword, and a trophy, Smith's Crone-Huntress suggests a divinity for urban excess.

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