Carter's work reflects a fascination and unease with the human body as a metaphor for an anxiety of persona, the body being an outward projection and defining image of self. Untitled is set quite literally on a blank canvas. Here Carter presents a profile in the making: his half-finished portraits are accompanied by sketchy forms at the bottom of the drawing, inviting viewer participation in completing the image. Through piecemeal assemblage, Carter attributes his figures with personality traits as well as physical features: through the subtle quality of line, tone, and placement his characters resolve as fluctuating and contradictory personalities. Though Carter's drawings are directed by an intuitive aesthetic, they evolve from an incredibly time consuming and considered process. Carter begins each work by making his own marbleised paper. Referencing the emotive brushwork of Abstract Expressionist painting, Carter's swirling patters are created through a 'hands off' procedure of dipping individual sheets into a water and oil solution a process similar to developing photographs. Using these designs as a template over which multiple drawings are arranged and pasted, Carter merges repetitive forms with his 'instantaneous' colour-fields, creating a conceptual symbiosis between the intimacy of abstraction and the mechanisation of pop. GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2005 Hotel Gallery, Liste '05 Art Fair, Basel, Germany Bebe le Strange, D'Amelio Terras, New York Sticks and Stones, Perry Rubenstein, New York Self Formation, Art2102, Los Angeles White Columns, The Armory Show, New York Trade, White Columns, New York 2004 Bulletin Board, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco Rebus, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco 2002 Art Point, Midway Contemporary Art, Miami The Stray Show, Midway Contemporary Art, Chicago Multiplicity, Midway Contemporary Art, St.Paul Being There, Derek Eller Gallery, New York 2001 Artist of the Month, April 2001, Artists Space Gallery, New York 2000 Faculty 2000, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore The Future of the Body, Richmond Art Center, Oakland 1998 All of Me, New Langton Arts, San Francisco SAP: The Residue of the San Francisco Art Scene, Lanai Motel/Four Walls Gallery, SF, CA Covert Pleasures, New Langton Arts, San Francisco Spoon Full of Sugar, Southern Exposure, San Francisco 1997 Introductions, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco New Work, Four Walls Gallery, San Francisco Deep Forest, Four Walls, San Francisco 1995 Big Bundle of Joy, Pence Gallery, Davis 1994 Skowhegan Annual Exhibition 1992 Word and Image, Bauhouse Gallery, Baltimore 1990 Miniature Art, Art Gallery of Fell's Point, Baltimore Article Theme :- Carter's work references a time when these "options" weren't options, but rather necessities in the construction of the closet, as in Rock Hudson's 1966 film, "Seconds." There, plastic surgery transforms Hudson's character from straight-laced, Manhattanite businessman into an artist living in Malibu, CA. Read Entire Article about USA Artist Carter paintings and artwork at The Saatchi-Gallery http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/carter.htm
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