Patrick Earl Hammie

Patrick Earl Hammie (born 1981, New Haven, Connecticut) is a contemporary American painter whose work blends traditional and contemporary modes of figurative representation. [Wetmore, Kevin "Student Artists Hone Skills at The Benton," "The Daily Campus" Feb 19 2007]

Hammie's large scale paintings explore the tension between power and vulnerability as he re-imagines the modern male. He situates himself in the discourse of contemporary figure painting that questions and creates visual alternatives to traditional and historical examples of masculinity. [Kitwana, Bakari, "The Hip-Hop Generation: Young Blacks and the Crisis in African American Culture." (New York: Basic Civitas Books, 2002): 12.] Coming of age in a generation that is post-Civil Rights and post-Second Wave Feminism, his work draws upon his life history as a son, a male, and an African American struggling to synthesize past adversity and acclimatize to present realities. [ Lewis, Diane. "May 2008 @ The William Benton," "Horizons Magazine" May 2008: 4. ]

Life

In 2004 Hammie received his Bachelor of Arts with a concentration in Drawing and minor in Psychology from Coker College in South Carolina. [ [http://www.feedgarage.com/Item.aspx?ItemID=2461233 The Human Figure in Modern Art ] ] In 2008 he received his Master of Fine Arts with a concentration in Painting and Drawing from The University of Connecticut in Storrs, and became the Inaugural Recipient of the Alice C. Cole Class of 1942 Studio Fellowship from Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

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Citations

References

“All Good Things; artist Patrick Hammie opening,” Hartsville Messenger: Lifestyles, January 4 2006.

Eagan, Matt. “Benton Museum Showing Grad Students’ Work,” The Hartford Courant: Cal, April 10-16 2008.

Kitwana, Bakari. "The Hip-Hop Generation: Young Blacks and the Crisis in African American Culture." New York: Basic Civitas Books, 2002.

Lewis, Diane. "May 2008 @ The William Benton," "Horizons Magazine" May 2008.

Wetmore, Kevin "Student Artists Hone Skills at The Benton," "The Daily Campus" Feb 19 2007

http://www.feedgarage.com/Item.aspx?ItemID=2461233

Resources

* [http://www.artnet.com/Galleries/Artists_detail.asp?G=&gid=423822183&which=&aid=425600852&ViewArtistBy=online&rta=http://www.artnet.com Patrick Earl Hammie on ArtNet]
* [http://thebenton.org The William Benton Museum of Art]
* [http://www.kathleencullenfinearts.com Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts]