"At this time in my life, I’m ready to accept or own a kind of romance and melancholy or melodrama that I wasn’t ready to reveal before. It was always there in my inner life as an artist, but I was too afraid to share it."
"(Forever Free) Hello I’m Your New Neighbor" (1997)
"(Forever Free) Hello I’m Your New Neighbor," 1997
Acrylic latex, stain, and copper penny on paper, 60 1/4 x 36 inches
Private collection
Photo by Beth Phillips
Courtesy Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York
Acrylic latex, stain, and copper penny on paper, 60 1/4 x 36 inches
Private collection
Photo by Beth Phillips
Courtesy Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York
"I've heard a number of things, been called the sellout, the 'Chris Rock' of the art world (I like that one by the way). And people accuse me and question my blackness- they accuse me of making paintings that deal with these images because 'white folks want to see these images' And I'm saying to myself, 'Boy, I don't know,' in that white folks wanted to see these images to laugh at?"
- Michael Ray Charles
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