Michael Patterson-Carver

8 Sep-2 Oct 2010

Overview

Timothy Taylor Gallery is delighted to present an exhibition of drawings by American artist Michael Patterson-Carver. This will be his first solo show in London and continues the gallery’s Viewing Room programme. Born in 1958, Patterson-Carver's life and career have been shaped by his exposure as a young child to the US civil rights movement. His art and life are now inseparable. The artist’s drawings are a refreshingly frank look at the political realm, and many are allegories of well-known conspiracy theories. Patterson-Carver's work expresses - both through its mode of address and what it reveals - an essential challenge to the dominant culture. It embodies the very notion of the power of the individual's conscience and witness-bearing, and the continuing belief in art as a means of effecting change.