Carter

The works of the American artist and filmmaker Carter (born in 1970, lives and works in New York) pose questions about the identities of an individual in his or her social, economic, physical, or sexual ascriptions. In so doing, the artist is interested in the general socio-political transformation of identity constructions as well as in changes that have taken place when it comes to discourse about clear gender attributions in particular. Carter’s artistic signature seems extremely characteristic and individual: subtile variations of constantly changing colors, shapes, and compositional means manically run through his entire oeuvre. His play with facts and fiction, references to artistic forebears, often more concealed than open, social-political events, or autobiographical facts construct a thick web, linking it to subjective experiences and questions to then examine it using the most various media—painting, photography, sculpture, or video—in terms of its general validity or relevance.

His works have been exhibited around the world, for example at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Tate Modern, London, Salon 94 Freemans, New York (2009), Bolzano’s Museion (2008), Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2006), as well as at Georg Kargl BOX, Vienna (2011, 2007) and Georg Kargl Fine Arts (2017).

Erased James Franco, film screening and appearances: Museum of Modern Art, New York, Tate Modern, London, Cleveland Museum of Art, Portland Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Castro Theater, San Francisco.