Michael Ray Charles

(American, born 1967)

Michael Ray Charles is a contemporary American painter. His work explores historic African American stereotypes from the Antebellum South, appropriating images from advertising and pop culture to expose the underlying racism prevalent in contemporary culture. Charles creates a mimetic vocabulary of cultural, racial, and historicized images to subvert those themes and explore surviving caricatures that continue to appear in popular media, such as Aunt Jemima or Sambo. “Stereotypes have evolved. I’m trying to deal with present and past stereotypes in the context of today’s society,” the artist has said. Born in Lafayette, LA in 1967, he went on to earn his BFA from McNeese State University and his MFA from the University of Houston. His work has been both critically celebrated and the source of controversy, and in 2001 Charles was the subject of an Art:21 short documentary. He was appointed as the Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor of Painting in 2014 at the University of Houston's School of Art, and he has exhibited internationally, notably in the Austin Museum of Art, the Knox Art Gallery, and The Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Michael Ray Charles Artworks

Michael Ray Charles (107 results)

R.E.S.P.E.C.T. (Forever Free), 1995

Michael Ray Charles

R.E.S.P.E.C.T. (Forever Free), 1995

Sale Date: October 3, 2022

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The Beast, 1996

Michael Ray Charles

The Beast, 1996

Sale Date: July 19, 2022

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A group of three prints from the Forever..., 1995

Michael Ray Charles

A group of three prints from the Forever..., 1995

Sale Date: May 12, 2022

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MICHAEL RAY CHARLES, 1999

Michael Ray Charles

MICHAEL RAY CHARLES, 1999

Sale Date: February 18, 2022

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(Forever Free) Join the Band, 1995

Michael Ray Charles

(Forever Free) Join the Band, 1995

Sale Date: November 6, 2021

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Untitled, 1997

Michael Ray Charles

Untitled, 1997

Sale Date: November 17, 2021

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White Girl T.V. Dinners (Forever Free), 1994

Michael Ray Charles

White Girl T.V. Dinners (Forever Free), 1994

Sale Date: September 16, 2021

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(Forever free) The Mammy, 2006

Michael Ray Charles

(Forever free) The Mammy, 2006

Sale Date: May 15, 2021

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(Forever Free) Ghetto Superstars, 2002

Michael Ray Charles

(Forever Free) Ghetto Superstars, 2002

Sale Date: March 18, 2021

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Untitled (Forever Free), 2003

Michael Ray Charles

Untitled (Forever Free), 2003

Sale Date: March 18, 2021

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(Forever Free) Untitled, 2003

Michael Ray Charles

(Forever Free) Untitled, 2003

Sale Date: December 15, 2020

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(Forever Free) Strange Fruits, 2008

Michael Ray Charles

(Forever Free) Strange Fruits, 2008

Sale Date: December 8, 2020

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Retaenam from the series Forever Free, 1994

Michael Ray Charles

Retaenam from the series Forever Free, 1994

Sale Date: November 19, 2020

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Apsolute Ameracun from the series Forever Free, 1999

Michael Ray Charles

Apsolute Ameracun from the series Forever Free, 1999

Sale Date: November 19, 2020

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(Forever Free) Surprise, 2003

Michael Ray Charles

(Forever Free) Surprise, 2003

Sale Date: October 21, 2020

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(Forever Free) The Watermelon Party, 1996

Michael Ray Charles

(Forever Free) The Watermelon Party, 1996

Sale Date: September 30, 2020

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(Forever Free) Icarus, 2003

Michael Ray Charles

(Forever Free) Icarus, 2003

Sale Date: July 2, 2020

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Retaenam from the series Forever Free, 1994

Michael Ray Charles

Retaenam from the series Forever Free, 1994

Sale Date: June 18, 2020

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Apsolute Ameracun from the series Forever Free, 1999

Michael Ray Charles

Apsolute Ameracun from the series Forever Free, 1999

Sale Date: June 18, 2020

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Invest Well from the series Forever Free, 1997

Michael Ray Charles

Invest Well from the series Forever Free, 1997

Sale Date: June 18, 2020

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Murray Cammick - Ray Charles, Auckland Y.M.C.A...

Michael Ray Charles

Murray Cammick - Ray Charles, Auckland Y.M.C.A...

Sale Date: December 11, 2019

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FOREVER FREE (HOWTA CONKA DA FOWL WORLD /..., 1998

Michael Ray Charles

FOREVER FREE (HOWTA CONKA DA FOWL WORLD /..., 1998

Sale Date: March 10, 2020

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Forever Free (The Greatest blow on earth), 1997

Michael Ray Charles

Forever Free (The Greatest blow on earth), 1997

Sale Date: February 23, 2020

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(Forever Free) Big Mama's Hot Link Heaven, 1996

Michael Ray Charles

(Forever Free) Big Mama's Hot Link Heaven, 1996

Sale Date: September 27, 2019

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