Congratulations Michael Patterson-Carver
Bush visits Portland, 2007
Congratulations to Portlander Michael Patterson-Carver who is one of the recipients
of the 2008 Altoids
art prize, he gets 25,000 and a joint show at the New
Museum. Previous recipient Harrell Fletcher was one of the *nominators. The award
is somewhat unique in contemporary art as artists select other artists for the
award, hence the reason the award doesn't have the musty and necrotic smell that
most art world prizes have... that and Altoids sponsors it. Carver is represented
by Small
A where you can see more of his work.
*clarification
Posted by Jeff Jahn
on March 21, 2008 at 10:48
| Comments (4)
It seems a bit weird (maybe a conflict of interest) that Harrell Fletcher got to choose Carver as the winner, considering Harrell had a lot to do with Carver's recent "success." However, I think it is fantastic. I am always ecstatic about a Portland artist getting this type of recognition.
Posted by: Calvin Ross Carl at March 21, 2008 10:43 PM
Just to clarify, Harrell nominated Michael for the award (there were 10 nominators), but the jurying was done by Cindy Sherman, Paul McCarthy and Rirkrit Tiravanija.
Posted by: SmallAProjects at March 24, 2008 07:35 PM
Aww, now that makes more sense. And that makes for a pretty great panel of artists to choose Carver.
Posted by: Calvin Ross Carl at March 25, 2008 04:20 AM
Great clarification... thanks Laurel
Posted by: Double J at March 25, 2008 10:18 AM
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