Nathan Carter Nathan Carter

Nathan Carter

Born 1970 in Dallas, Texas, United States. Lives and works in New York.
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Mca Nathan Carter 2005
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Mca Nathan Carter 2016
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Exhibition view: Nathan Carter, Silky-way Sylvan Slip-throughs Serrated Sub-space Side-winders and Countess Von Venomous’ Private Pearl Position, Esther Schipper, Berlin, 2022. Photo © Andrea Rossetti

Introduction

Nathan Carter is known for creating fictional worlds. Their objects, images and titles fuse elements of storytelling, the visual language of surrealist erotic illustration, cartography, celestial navigation charts, subversive music, outsider subcultures and the history of abstraction in order to make maps and fluid atmospheric landscapes that serve as sculptural way-finding diagrams leading to intentional communities.

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Selected works

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Nathan Carter
I Might See Lavandula Meandering Major and Her Lady Lieutenants Thru the Lilac Mystique, 2023

Steel, stainless steel wire, brass, Plexiglas, acrylic enamel paint

157 x 93 x 3 cm
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Nathan Carter
I Sent Blue Sparks and Ultramarine Signals Hoping to Rendezvous With the Femme Fatales Just Beyond Vampira’s Gate, 2023

Steel, stainless steel wire, brass, Plexiglas, acrylic enamel paint

126 x 93 x 3 cm
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Nathan Carter
Serrated Sub-Space Side-Winders in legendary Revelry with Venus Ascendent and her Lithromantic Misfit Lovlies, 2022

Steel, brass, bronze, aluminum, stainless steel wire, acrylic enamel paint

161 x 193 x 1,5 cm
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Nathan Carter
Circa Rouge Curvalish-Curvalash Constellation Cassiopeiae, 2022
Steel, aluminum, brass, stainless steel wire, acrylic enamel paint
173 x 208 x 1,5 cm
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Rosa Rosaghetti in the Red Anemones Garden at Rougemont Castle., 2021

Acrylic on Baltic birch plywood
93,5 x 124 x 6 cm
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Syldavian Sallies née Succory at Snowdonia Llyn Gardens, Dolwyddelan., 2021

Acrylic on Baltic birch plywood
93,5 x 124 x 6 cm
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Nathan Carter
Royal Convulvulus Clementine at The Alnwick Castle Poison Garden., 2021

Acrylic on Baltic birch plywood
93,5 x 124 x 6 cm
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Nathan Carter
Jewel Annual touch-me-not (Punk pistil), 2019

Paper and foil collage

48,3 x 61 cm (unframed)
55,9 x 68,6 x 3,5 cm (framed)
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Nathan Carter
She kept a collection of small drawings, sculptures and paintings on the wall opposite her bed. “These were made for me” she felt., 2018

Steel, aluminum, stainless steel wire, string, wood, plastic, acrylic, watercolor, enamel and gouache paints, ink, pencil, paper
213 x 182 cm
Installation dimensions variable
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Nathan Carter
Fascinator Harriet Hellion, 2017

Aluminium, latex enamel paint
150 x 119,5 x 2,5 cm
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Nathan Carter
Fascinator Ronda Ruffian, 2017

Aluminium, latex enamel paint

126 x 114 x 2,5 cm
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Nathan Carter
Vienna Tower Calling DC9 En Route To Khemis Airfield Hold Position Until Approach Permission Confirmed, 2011

Wood, metal, plastic, acrylic and enamel paint
138 x 91,5 x 76 cm
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Nathan Carter
First Prize Hand Made Radio Antenna Moscow International Electronic Exhibition 1931, 2011

Aluminum, steel, wire, acrylic enamel paint

122 x 180 x 6 cm
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Nathan Carter
THE SNOW COLD WIND AND BLINDING VISIBILITY IN THE SKIES OVER THE GREY TOWER BLOCKS OF MURMANSK GAVE THE OCCUPANTS OF THE SMALL PLANE A CHILLY DETERMINATION AS THEY CHECKED PARACHUTES AND SYNCHRONIZED WATCHES, 2006

Wood, acrylic and enamel paints

239 x 295 cm

Gallery Exhibitions

Faction de Femmes, Lady Lieutenants and the Triangular Trixic Cryptical Curvy Constellation Nathan Carter

Faction de Femmes, Lady Lieutenants and the Triangular Trixic Cryptical Curvy Constellation

Nathan Carter
Esther Schipper is pleased to present Faction de Femmes, Lady Lieutenants and the Triangular Trixic Cryptical Curvy Constellation , an exhibition by Nathan Carter at our Paris gallery. This is the artist’s fifth solo exhibition with the gallery. On view...
Part of Paris Gallery Weekend, May 26 – 28, 2023
Esther Schipper, Paris
Silky-way Sylvan Slip-throughs Serrated Sub-space Side-winders and Countess Von Venomous’ Private Pearl Position Nathan Carter

Silky-way Sylvan Slip-throughs Serrated Sub-space Side-winders and Countess Von Venomous’ Private Pearl Position

Nathan Carter
Esther Schipper is pleased to present Silky-way Sylvan Slip-throughs Serrated Sub-space Side-winders and Countess Von Venomous’ Private Pearl Position, a special presentation by Nathan Carter, who has had four solo exhibitions with...
June 10—July 16, 2022
Esther Schipper, Berlin
The Stormy Ice Mountain Sabotage Mission of the Secret Electronic Transmission Technician Nathan Carter

The Stormy Ice Mountain Sabotage Mission of the Secret Electronic Transmission Technician

Nathan Carter
Esther Schipper is pleased to announce Nathan Carter’s fourth solo exhibition at the gallery. Nathan Carter presents twenty new drawings that explore a fictional surveillance and data collection scenario set in both...
November 23—December 21, 2013
Sommerausstellung Nathan Carter, Liam Gillick, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Gabriel Kuri

Sommerausstellung

Nathan Carter, Liam Gillick, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Gabriel Kuri
Esther Schipper presents a group exhibition featuring works by Nathan Carter, Liam Gillick, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster and Gabriel Kuri. For the summer period Esther Schipper has invited Paris based publishing house 'Onestar Press'...
June 8—August 24, 2013
Slayer Metallica Nathan Carter

Slayer Metallica

Nathan Carter
April 27—July 28, 2012
Radio Three on the Tree in the Light of the Dark Black Night Nathan Carter

Radio Three on the Tree in the Light of the Dark Black Night

Nathan Carter
Nathan Carter’s third solo exhibition at Esther Schipper is a collaboration with artists Matthew Ronay and Justin Beal, costume designer Daphne Javitch and a poster made by Paul Elliman. Nathan Carter’s mobile...
May 3—June 7, 2008
The Gale Force Precision Dirigible Flying Faction In Action Nathan Carter

The Gale Force Precision Dirigible Flying Faction In Action

Nathan Carter
Nathan Carter’s second solo exhibition in the gallery presents a wide range of new works including wall reliefs, freestanding sculptures, mobiles, and works on paper—all of them made in 2006. The exhibition...
February 17—March 25, 2006
5 Ocean Boats with Radio Nathan Carter

5 Ocean Boats with Radio

Nathan Carter
In his first solo exhibition in Europe, Nathan Carter extends the range of his drawings and wooden wall pictures to include three-dimensional work. 'The five sculptures represent vaguely seaworthy wooden ocean boats...
May 30—July 30, 2003

External Exhibitions

The DRAMASTICS: A Punk Rock Victory Twister in Texas Nathan Carter

The DRAMASTICS: A Punk Rock Victory Twister in Texas

Nathan Carter
In a fantastical cornucopia of color, form, and gesture, Nathan Carter presents the story of a fictional punk rock band who call themselves The DRAMASTICS. The band and the world Carter created...
October 26, 2017—January 28, 2018
Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas
Sonic Rebellion: Music as Resistance with Nathan Carter

Sonic Rebellion: Music as Resistance

with Nathan Carter
Sonic Rebellion: Music as Resistance is inspired by the vital history of music in Detroit and the legacy of the 1967 Detroit Rebellion. The exhibition continues MOCAD’s investigations into the history of...
September 8, 2017—January 7, 2018
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit
Ladies and Gentlemen, Meet the Dramastics Nathan Carter

Ladies and Gentlemen, Meet the Dramastics

Nathan Carter
Nathan Carter’s solo exhibition, Ladies and Gentlemen, Meet the Dramastics, presents a dense display of sculpture, drawings, installations, and miniature stage sets centered on the story of The Dramastics, a fictional band...
September 24, 2016—January 29, 2017
Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver
Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy with Nathan Carter

Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy

with Nathan Carter
June 26—October 17, 2010
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
The Flying Brixton Bangarang and Radio Vibration Vex-Venture Nathan Carter

The Flying Brixton Bangarang and Radio Vibration Vex-Venture

Nathan Carter
October 23, 2009
Museo de Arte Raúl Anguiano, Guadalajara
The Covert Caviar Frequency Disruptor Nathan Carter

The Covert Caviar Frequency Disruptor

Nathan Carter
October 25, 2007—January 20, 2008
ArtPace, San Antonio

Featured stories

Black wigs, sleeping women and the sound of rain The Art Newspaper France
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Black wigs, sleeping women and the sound of rain

The Art Newspaper France
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Letter from Berlin October 2022
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Letter from Berlin

October 2022
Welcome to the Letter from Berlin! This Letter from Berlin should rightfully be titled 'Letter from Paris'! We begin with projects in Paris: Etienne Chambaud's exhibitions in Paris and in Lille, as...
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Nathan Carter – Opening Friday June 10
Esther Schipper

Nathan Carter – Opening Friday June 10

Nathan Carter Silky-way Sylvan Slip-throughs Serrated Sub-space Side-winders and Countess Von Venomous’ Private Pearl Position June 10 – July 16, 2022 Opening Friday June 10, 6–9pm www.estherschipper.com Esther Schipper is pleased to...
June 10 – July 16, 2022
Spotlight: Nathan Carter
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Spotlight: Nathan Carter

This week for our Spotlight we present Nathan Carter’s Rosa Rosaghetti in the Red Anemones Garden at Rougemont Castle., 2021,Syldavian Sallies née Succory at Snowdonia Llyn Gardens, Dolwyddelan., 2021, and Royal Convulvulus Clementine at...
DRAMASTICS Revue Rock Concert and Film Screening
The Grapevine Bar, Dallas

DRAMASTICS Revue Rock Concert and Film Screening

Mixing fictional representation and real-life celebration, on October 27 a screening of The DRAMASTICS are Loud (2016) will be followed by the Dramastics Revue, a live concert by Nathan Carter and The DRAMASTICS at...
October 27, 2017, 9PM

Publications

Nathan Carter THE GALE FORCE PRECISION DIRIGIBLE FLYING FACTION IN ACTION

Nathan Carter

THE GALE FORCE PRECISION DIRIGIBLE FLYING FACTION IN ACTION
Known for playing with semi-fictional worlds—locations with brightly colored covert listening stations, data collection conduits or traveling circuses, Nathan Carter's work engages with the history of abstraction, both in painting and sculpture,...
2006
Nathan Carter The Final Run-iNS ONE! TWO!! THREE!!! FOUR!!!!

Nathan Carter

The Final Run-iNS ONE! TWO!! THREE!!! FOUR!!!!
Hear Ye Here ye Here hare here….. Me The Final Run iNs are rip snort rippers ripping Dusters and Twisters. We played 7 shows in 5 states. We made 7 stage sets,...
2008
Nathan Carter Clandestine radios and concealed kitchens

Nathan Carter

Clandestine radios and concealed kitchens
What do Agent Katsudon, Agent Yeni Raki,The Countess Vodcula, The Albatross, The Sicilian, The Chef de Cuisine, Mr. Bernard, Agent Bobcat, The Buddha and the 'WAH' have in common? They all belong...
2010