Nathan Carter Fascinator Ronda Ruffian, 2017
Aluminium, latex enamel paint
126 x 114 x 2,5 cm
Nathan Carter’s colorful work originates from the artist’s more or less fictional dialogue with several real-life women. The works are actual or imaginary gifts, inspired by his relationship to these figures. The sources of inspiration are both real and elusive, literal and metaphorical, a quality perhaps best captured by the title which sounds both concrete and fantastic: while the word “fascinator” refers to a type of headpiece attached to a comb or headband, the term also recalls an exaggerated, made-up language of youth culture.