{"id":719,"date":"2014-07-01T17:39:21","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T21:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/facesandfigures\/?page_id=719"},"modified":"2014-07-04T13:49:35","modified_gmt":"2014-07-04T17:49:35","slug":"patterson-carver","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/facesandfigures\/patterson-carver\/","title":{"rendered":"Page-Patterson-Carver"},"content":{"rendered":"<script>fsg_json['fsg_post_719'] = [\n{id: 906, image: 'https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/facesandfigures\/files\/2014\/07\/Patterson-Carver_Prohibition-e1404337809421.jpg', extlink: '', thumb: 'https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/facesandfigures\/files\/2014\/07\/Patterson-Carver_Prohibition-215x215.jpg', permalink: '<div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/facesandfigures\/patterson-carver\/#906\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div>', layer: '<div class=\"galleria-infolayer\"><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><h1>Michael Patterson-Carver<\/h1><h1><i>Prohibition Creates Gangsters<\/i>, 2009<\/h1><p class=\"galleria-info-description\">Ink, pencil, and watercolor on paper <br\/>Collection of Laurel Gitlen and Samuel Richardson, New York<\/p><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/facesandfigures\/patterson-carver\/#906\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><\/div>'},\n{id: 905, image: 'https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/facesandfigures\/files\/2014\/07\/Patterson-Carver_Bush-Admin-e1404337825212.jpg', extlink: '', thumb: 'https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/facesandfigures\/files\/2014\/07\/Patterson-Carver_Bush-Admin-215x215.jpg', permalink: '<div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/facesandfigures\/patterson-carver\/#905\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div>', layer: '<div class=\"galleria-infolayer\"><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><h1>Michael Patterson-Carver<\/h1><h1><i>Bush Admin. Resign #3<\/i>, 2006<\/h1><p class=\"galleria-info-description\">Ink and pencil on paper<br\/>Collection of Matthew Higgs and Anne Collier, New York<\/p><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/facesandfigures\/patterson-carver\/#905\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><\/div>'}\n];<\/script>\n<p><strong>Michael Patterson-Carver<\/strong> (American, b. 1958)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_448\" style=\"width: 167px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-448\" class=\" wp-image-448   \" style=\"margin-top: -6px;margin-bottom: -6px\" alt=\"Michael Patterson-Carver, 2008\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/facesandfigures\/files\/2014\/07\/Patterson-Carver-Michael-_monotone_P2935_DC-157x250.jpeg\" width=\"157\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/facesandfigures\/files\/2014\/07\/Patterson-Carver-Michael-_monotone_P2935_DC-157x250.jpeg 157w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/facesandfigures\/files\/2014\/07\/Patterson-Carver-Michael-_monotone_P2935_DC-643x1024.jpeg 643w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/facesandfigures\/files\/2014\/07\/Patterson-Carver-Michael-_monotone_P2935_DC-188x300.jpeg 188w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/facesandfigures\/files\/2014\/07\/Patterson-Carver-Michael-_monotone_P2935_DC.jpeg 752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 157px) 100vw, 157px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-448\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2008, photo courtesy of Laurel Gitlen Gallery<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Patterson-Carver was estranged from his family and was raised by an adoptive family with whom he attended an African-American church during the Civil Rights struggle. As a result, one of his formative childhood memories is of activism in the Civil Rights movement. He became a lifelong activist, working for various causes ranging from environmental protection to social justice. His spare, simple drawings express his wry sense of humor and disdain for government, in particular that of the United States, and they often depict small groups of colorful figures protesting a range of specific issues. He addresses both current and historical issues and sometimes includes political allegories in which Nazis, Klansmen, and terrorists meet current-day political leaders. Powerful people are mocked through caricature, while ordinary people are depicted with grace and respect. While some of the drawings depict dark humor, there is an underlying optimism to the work that communicates a call to action to individuals to join in his protests. In the words of the artist, \u201cIn order to succeed at anything the first step you must take is to believe. This is the reason that everyone in my demonstration scenes is smiling\u2014they are confident of success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Today Patterson-Carver lives in Portland, Oregon, where he first began to show his work on the streets. In 2007, the artist Harrell Fletcher first encountered him outside a grocery store where Patterson-Carver, then homeless, displayed his work for sale. Since then, he has had several exhibitions of his work in New York, London, and Portland among other cities.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 25%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-719 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-postid=\"fsg_post_719\" data-imgid=\"906\" href='https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/facesandfigures\/files\/2014\/07\/Patterson-Carver_Prohibition-e1404337809421.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"215\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/facesandfigures\/files\/2014\/07\/Patterson-Carver_Prohibition-215x215.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-906\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-906'>\n\t\t\t\t<i>Prohibition Creates Gangsters<\/i>, 2009\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-postid=\"fsg_post_719\" data-imgid=\"905\" href='https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/facesandfigures\/files\/2014\/07\/Patterson-Carver_Bush-Admin-e1404337825212.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"215\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/facesandfigures\/files\/2014\/07\/Patterson-Carver_Bush-Admin-215x215.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-905\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-905'>\n\t\t\t\t<i>Bush Admin. Resign #3<\/i>, 2006\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Patterson-Carver (American, b. 1958) Patterson-Carver was estranged from his family and was raised by an adoptive family with whom he attended an African-American church during the Civil Rights struggle. 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