Nanette Carter creates abstract art that conveys urgency in the face of political tension, influenced by jazz and Russian Constructivism. She will exhibit her solo show, Afro Sentinels, at Ohio State University, marking a return to her roots in Columbus. Inspired by her father's civil rights legacy, Carter's art integrates community values into her collages, paintings, and sculptures. Since the 1990s, her use of Mylar allows exploration of form and color, while her series titles express themes of subversion and the search for balance amidst societal chaos, embodied in the concept of Afro Sentinels as protectors of Black interests.
Carter's elegant, off-kilter forms articulate the alienating experience of life in the thick of political turmoil, drawing on references as disparate as jazz and Russian Constructivism.
Her upcoming solo exhibition Nanette Carter: Afro Sentinels opens at the Ohio State University's Wexner Center for the Arts, marking a homecoming for Carter.
Since the 1990s, Carter has been using Mylar to explore form and color, emphasizing themes of balance and the fleeting nature of certainty.
The notion of 'Afro Sentinels' bespeaks a yearning for security in a world besieged by a collective lack of civility and state-sanctioned destruction.
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