Rob Carter
dal 12/4/2012 al 22/6/2012
Segnalato da
12/4/2012
Rob Carter
Art in General, New York
Faith in A Seed. Carter's installation centers on the houses and gardens of three men of the 19th century. Miniature replicas of Charles Darwin's Down House, Henry David Thoreau's cabin at Walden, and Sir John Bennet Lawes' Rothamsted Manor are the centerpieces of a large-scale garden.
Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed. Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.
-Henry David Thoreau
Faith in A Seed intertwines the languages of science and history into a living sculptural form. Rob Carter’s installation centers on the houses and gardens of three men of the 19th century. Miniature replicas of Charles Darwin’s Down House, Henry David Thoreau’s cabin at Walden, and Sir John Bennet Lawes’ Rothamsted Manor are the centerpieces of a large-scale triangular garden.
The garden consists of dandelions, bush beans, and corn, planted in three distinct sections to represent each man’s methodology. Over the course of the exhibition, each estate will be become dwarfed and eventually overcome by its corresponding garden. Faith in a Seed lives between the gallery and the outside world, exposing the disproportionate relationship between food and shelter while highlighting man’s willingness to intervene in the natural order of the environment.
Viewers are invited to witness Carter’s controlled but fragile ecosystem in three distinct ways: time-based video projections, peepholes cut into the sides of the garden, as well as from an elevated viewing platform.
About the Artist
Rob Carter, born in Worcester, Uk, 1976, lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. He received his BFA from the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art (Oxford) in 1998, and his MFA from Hunter College, NY in 2003. He has exhibited internationally and nationally, including solo exhibitions at Galeria Fruela, Madrid, Spain; Fondazione Pastificio Cerere, Rome, Italy; Ebersmoore, Chicago, and group exhibitions at the ICA, Philadelphia; Galeria Ramis Barquet, NY; Bruce Silverstein Gallery, NY; and Festival NARRACJE in Gdansk, Poland. Carter has participated in numerous residency programs including Atlantic Center for the Arts (2003), McColl Center for Visual Arts (2007), Art Omi (2008), Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation (2008-2009), AIR Krems in Austria (2010) and La Alqueria de los Artistas in Valenica, Spain (2010). He is currently in residence at the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) workspace studio program.
Image credits: Rob Carter. Faith in a Seed, 2012. Image courtesy the artist.
Press contact
Claire Sexton 212.219.0473 x31 press@artingeneral.org
Opening reception Friday April 13, 2012, 6-8 pm
Press preview h 12 pm
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