Nathan Carter
dal 15/1/2004 al 21/2/2004
Segnalato da
15/1/2004
Nathan Carter
Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York
Shropshire to speedbird outbound: what's your actual? Carter's second solo exhibition in New York consists of eight wall-based wooden relief maps. Elements of the sculptures visualize the complexity of a multi-layered experience - the sense of hearing the crackle of a CB conversation overlapping the sound of a radio tuned to an offshore pirate station.
"SHROPSHIRE TO SPEEDBIRD OUTBOUND: WHAT'S YOUR ACTUAL?"
Somewhere between narration and abstraction, the visual language of Nathan
Carter's work emerges from a synthesis of fictional geographic references
and abstract fragments that allude to the transmission of radio, wireless,
and telephonic information, to borders, and to accelerated movement.
Carter's second solo exhibition in New York consists of eight wall-based
wooden relief maps. Elements of the sculptures visualize the complexity of a
multi-layered experience -- the sense of hearing the crackle of a CB
conversation overlapping the sound of a radio tuned to an offshore pirate
station. Interacting shapes evoke the mixing and crossing of
wireless-transmitted data, the coded language of air traffic control
conversations, and ship-to-shore weather reports.
Colors and forms recall sports uniforms, nautical flag design, military
regalia, and high visibility symbols indicating obstacles such as antennas.
The topographical structure of the maps are further defined by icons of
national identity -- flags of fictional countries, seals of fictional
cities, and colors of fictional conflicting militias.
The maps narrate a simultaneously told story in which abstract and literal
elements represent parallel events -- trajectories of vehicles emitting
broadcasts enroute, marine and air-flight movement, threatened borders, and
tragic multinational conflicts.
Nathan Carter has recently participated in group exhibitions at the Palais
de Tokyo, Paris; Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt; Musee d'Art Moderne de
Ville (ARC), Paris; and PS1, Long Island City. In 2002 Carter exhibited at
Art Statements, Art Basel, Switzerland. Recent solo exhibitions include
Galerie Schipper und Krome, Berlin.
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NEXT EXHIBITION: SIMON STARLING, FEBRUARY 27 Â APRIL 3, 2004
AMY ADLER, JEFF BURTON, NATHAN CARTER, MILES COOLIDGE, JASON DODGE, TRISHA
DONNELLY, CEAL FLOYER, PAMELA FRASER, ANNA GASKELL, LIAM GILLICK, ANNIKA VON
HAUSSWOLFF, CARSTEN HÖLLER, JONATHAN MONK, DIEGO PERRONE, SIMON STARLING,
ANNIKA STRÖM, JOHANNES WOHNSEIFER
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