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Born 1967. Known for: Modernist naive ethnic droll figure.
Michael Ray Charles (1967) . He was born in 1967 in Lafayette, Louisiana, and graduated from McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana, in 1985. In college, he studied advertising design... Read full biography
Michael Ray Charles (1967) . He was born in 1967 in Lafayette, Louisiana, and graduated from McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana, in 1985. In college, he studied advertising design and illustration, eventually moving into painting. Charles also received an MFA degree from the... Read full biography
Michael Ray Charles (1967) . He was born in 1967 in Lafayette, Louisiana, and graduated from McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana, in 1985. In college, he studied advertising design and illustration, eventually moving into painting. Charles also received an MFA degree from the University of Houston in 1993. "His graphically styled paintings investigate racial stereotypes drawn from a history of American advertising, product packaging, billboards, radio jingles, and television... Read full biography
Michael Ray Charles (1967) . He was born in 1967 in Lafayette, Louisiana, and graduated from McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana, in 1985. In college, he studied advertising design and illustration, eventually moving into painting. Charles also received an MFA degree from the University of Houston in 1993. "His graphically styled paintings investigate racial stereotypes drawn from a history of American advertising, product packaging, billboards, radio jingles, and television commercials. Charles draws comparisons between Sambo, Mammy, and minstrel images of an earlier era and contemporary mass-media portrayals of black youths, celebrities, and athletes—images he sees as a constant in the American subconscious. "Stereotypes... Read full biography
Michael Ray Charles (1967) . He was born in 1967 in Lafayette, Louisiana, and graduated from McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana, in 1985. In college, he studied advertising design and illustration, eventually moving into painting. Charles also received an MFA degree from the University of Houston in 1993. "His graphically styled paintings investigate racial stereotypes drawn from a history of American advertising, product packaging, billboards, radio jingles, and television commercials. Charles draws comparisons between Sambo, Mammy, and minstrel images of an earlier era and contemporary mass-media portrayals of black youths, celebrities, and athletes—images he sees as a constant in the American subconscious. "Stereotypes have evolved," he notes. "I'm trying to deal with present and past stereotypes in the context of today's societ... Read full biography
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Collecting African American Art Works on Paper and Canvas
1998Taha, Halima270 pages (color)Contemporary Identities 1993 Phoenix Triennial
1993
(Exhibition catalog)Phoenix Art Museum96 pages (color)