Nanette Carolyn Carter
2016.05.16 - 2016.05.28 [ 1F Ami ]
■アーティスト・ステイトメント
なにかを「建てあげ」て感じる満足は、建築家の専有物ではなく、
コラージュ作家も同じように味わえます。
ばらばらの断片を纏めあげて、一つの芸術作品を創造するという行為に、
わたしはずっと心を奪われてきました。
こうした作業のはじまりは、文明というものが始まった、
その他その他の自然素材をもとに「芸術作品」を作りあげたものでした。
欠けるところのない構造物を築きあげる試みは、
人類がいちばん初めに手を染めた事業の一つだとおもいます。
そこに光をあてようという、アイディアだけがありました。
戦争、社会の不正、テクノロジー、現代文化における文明性の欠如について、語っています。
21 世紀の生活をその言葉で、わたしなりに言い表してみたのです。
わたしたちの生活を成り立たせているバランスの、いっぽうの端には、
親と子と社会連関の、それぞれと斬り結ぶ３種の活動があり、
もういっぽうの端には、世界でいま現に起こっているすべてのことと
歩調を合わせて進んでいきたいという、強い願望があります。
現実に根ざした活動を基盤にして、手探りで築くべき世界に向けた欲求を支えていこうという、
バランスのとりかた。それは片持梁の建築構造が追求しているバランスのとりかたと、
同じなのではないでしょうか。一方の端だけに支持体があって、
それが他方へと延びる無数の要素を抱え込み、維持しているという、
危うく緊迫したバランス。
何年ものあいだ、わたしはそれに関心を抱いてきました。
「地球の風」の連作で描いた、抒情に染められた線には、
植物の生態誌と地球をとりまく風が反映しています。このシリーズでは、
軽やかに愉しく、動きを把えようとしています。Mylar はデュポンが開発した、強化ポリエステル製のフィルムで、
わたしはこれを相手に 1997 年このかたずっと制作をつづけてきました。
その作業履歴が Mylar のつや消しされた平面に、記録となって残るのです。
わたしは油絵の具、オイル性クレヨン、鉛筆で、その表面に手を加え、
輝度、不透過度、透明度を、最大どの程度まで達成できるか、たえず計っているのです。
Nanette Carter’s Artist’s Statement – 2016
The satisfaction from building something is not only experienced by the architect but also by the collage artist. The act of bringing pieces together to create a work of art has been a long time fascination of mine. This act dates back to early civilizations when artist would construct works of art from wood, sand, cowry shells, feathers, stones and other natural materials. Piece by piece placing parts together to make a completed structure is one of the oldest endeavors of human kind.
My concepts are intangible ideas that question and highlight the zeitgeist of our time. I’ve covered topics on war, injustice, technology and the lack of civility in our culture.
With the recent works I have taken an architectural term, “Cantilevered”, as my metaphor for life in the 21st Century. Our lives have become a balancing act of working 3 jobs, tending to elderly parents, children, social media, and the desire to keep up with all that is going on in the world. It has become a balancing act in the same way as a cantilevered structure implies. A structure that is supported only at one end, then bracing and holding up a myriad of elements.
Over the years I have been intrigued by the graceful horizontal format as it relates to landscape and nature. In the series “Earthly Winds“ I am creating lyrical lines that reflectplant life and the wind. This series explores movement in a playful context.
Since 1997 I have worked exclusively on frosted Mylar. Mylar is an archival surface. I work oil paint, oil sticks and pencils onto the surface with the desire to achieve the maximum luminosity, density and transparency.
NANETTE CARTER
| Born Columbus, Ohio | |
| Lives and works in New York City |
Education
| 1978 | MFA, Pratt Institute of Art, Brooklyn, NY |
| 1976 | BA, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH |
| 1975 | L’Accademia di Belle Arti, Perugia, Italy (junior year) |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2018 | Esperanza en Armonia, Museo Nacional de Bellas Art ,Havana, Cuba |
| 2018 | An Act of Balance, Skoto Gallery, NYC, NY |
| 2017 | Nanette Carter, Alessandro Berni Gallery, Perugia, Italy |
| 2016 | Nanette Carter, Gallery Ami & Kanoko, Osaka, Japan |
| 2013 | Bouquet For Loving, G. R. N’Namdi Center, Detroit, MI |
| 2012 | In the Garden: The Animist, N’Namdi Contemporary Gallery, Miami, FL |
| 2008 | Aqueous, G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 2007 | Nanette Carter, Kozah Art Gallery, Damascus, Syria |
| 2006 | Aqueous, G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, NYC, NY |
| Walter Gropius Visiting Artist Series, Huntington Museum of Art,Huntington, WV | |
| 2005 | Fluid Borders, G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| Nanette Carter, President’s Gallery, Pratt Institute of Art, Brooklyn, NY | |
| Fluid Borders, Swartley Gallery, Dwight-Englewood School, Englewood,NJ | |
| 2004 | Conceptual Abstractions, June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY |
| Conceptual Abstractions, Noel Gallery, Charlotte, NC | |
| 2003 | Transfluent Lines, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA |
| 2002 | Motion Cleansing, G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| Motion Cleansing, G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Detroit, MI | |
| Picante: Erotic Drawings, OGT Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 2001 | Nanette Carter: Recent Work, Conkling Gallery, Minnesota State University,Mankato, MN |
| Statement: Prints and Paintings, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA | |
| 2000 | Slightly Off Keel, June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1999 | Slightly Off Keel, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA |
| Slightly Off Keel, G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Birmingham, MI | |
| Point-Counterpoint to Slightly Off Keel, G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| 1997 | New Works, Rathbone Gallery, The Sage Colleges, Albany, NY |
| Recent Works on Mylar, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA | |
| Point-Counterpoint, June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Point-Counterpoint, June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY Nature’s Mystique: Paintings and Monotypes, Noel Fine Art Acquisitions at Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, NC |
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| 1996 | Paintings, G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Birmingham, MI |
| 1995 | Window View-Scapeology, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA |
| Window View-Scapeology, Alitash Kebede Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1994 | Recent Work, June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1993 | Collaged Canvases, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1992 | Paintings, G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Birmingham, MI |
| Alitash Kebede Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Paintings and Prints, G. R. N’Namdi Gallery, Columbus, OH | |
| Nature’s Themes, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA | |
| 1991 | Wall Reliefs-Installation, Fine Arts Gallery, Long Island University,Southampton, NY |
| Fire and Water, Westminster Gallery, Bloomfield College, NJ | |
| 1990 | Oil Pastels on Canvas, June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY |
| Meet the Artist, Jersey City Museum, NJ | |
| 1989 | Recent Works, G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Birmingham, MI |
| 1988 | Divergencies, Montclair Art Museum, NJ |
| 1986 | Illumination, G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Detroit, MI |
| 1985 | Illumination, Cinque Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1984 | Collages, G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Detroit, MI |
| 1984 | Recent Works, Ericson Gallery, New York, NY |
