White Space Gallery

Carter work reflects a fascination and unease with the human body as a metaphor for the anguish of the character, the body being a projection outwards and the definition of self-image. Untitled is literally a blank canvas. Here Carter has a profile in manufacturing: semi-finished portraits are accompanied by forms patchy bottom, inviting the viewer's participation in the realization of the image. With the piecemeal assembly, Carter attributes his characters with personality traits and physical characteristics: the subtle quality of line, tone, and placement of his characters to solve as fluctuating and conflicting personalities.

Although the drawings are directed by Carter aesthetics intuitive, they evolve from a consumer incredibly long and considered process. Carter begins each work by making his own paper marbleised. Referencing the brush emotional expressionist painting abstract patterns of vortices are created by Carter using a "drop" procedure dipping individual leaves in a solution of water and oil - a process similar to photography developing . Through these drawings as a model on which many drawings are arranged and glued, Carter merges repetitive forms with its "snapshot" of color fields, creating a symbiosis between the intimacy of conceptual abstraction and mechanization of pop.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2005
Hotel Gallery, List Art Fair '05, Basel, Germany
Bebe Le Strange, D'Amelio Terras, New York
Sticks and Stones, Perry Rubenstein, New York
Training car Art2102, Los Angeles
White columns, The Armory Show in New York
Trade, White Columns, New York

2004
Bulletin Board, Wattis Institute of Contemporary Art in San Francisco
Rebus, Paule Anglim Gallery, San Francisco

2002
Midway Point Art Art, Contemporary, 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, Art Center of Richmond, Oakland

1998
All of Me, New Langton Arts, San Francisco
SAP: the residue of the art scene in San Francisco, Lanai Motel / Four Walls Gallery, SF, CA
Fun Covert, New Langton Arts, San Francisco
Spoonful of sugar in the south of the exhibition in San Francisco

1997
Introductions, Paule Anglim Gallery, San Francisco
New Work, Four Walls Gallery, San Francisco
Deep Forest, four walls, in San Francisco

1995
Big bundle of joy, Pence Gallery, Davis

1994
Skowhegan Annual Exhibition

1992
Word and Image Gallery Bauhouse, Baltimore

1990
Art Gallery of Miniature Art, Fell's Point, Baltimore

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Carter work references a time when these options "are not options, but the necessities of the construction of the closet, like Rock Hudson in 1966 film," seconds. "Here, plastic surgery transforms the character of Hudson straight-laced businessman Manhattanite in an artist living in Malibu, California.

Read the full article on the U.S. Carter painting artist and artwork at The Saatchi Gallery-http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/carter.htm