Nanette Carter: A Question of Balance
For nearly five decades, Nanette Carter (b. 1954) has made art that reflects the world around her. Using the language of abstraction鈥攍ine, shape, color, pattern, and texture鈥攕he speaks to issues that burden contemporary society. Throughout her career, Carter has investigated the idea of balance, both as a compositional element and as a strategy for navigating a rapidly changing world. Nanette Carter: A Question of Balance, examines the artist鈥檚 fascination with the tension between instability and equilibrium.
Her works from the last 30 years allude to a world impacted by social injustice, political upheaval, and a nonstop stream of news and social media. Her powerful abstractions are visual metaphors for what weighs us down or knocks us off balance, and how we carry that weight.
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For nearly five decades, Nanette Carter (b. 1954) has made art that reflects the world around her. Using the language of abstraction鈥攍ine, shape, color, pattern, and texture鈥攕he speaks to issues that burden contemporary society. Throughout her career, Carter has investigated the idea of balance, both as a compositional element and as a strategy for navigating a rapidly changing world. Nanette Carter: A Question of Balance, examines the artist鈥檚 fascination with the tension between instability and equilibrium.
Her works from the last 30 years allude to a world impacted by social injustice, political upheaval, and a nonstop stream of news and social media. Her powerful abstractions are visual metaphors for what weighs us down or knocks us off balance, and how we carry that weight.
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