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

I Sent Blue Sparks and Ultramarine Signals Hoping to Rendezvous With the Femme Fatales Just Beyond Vampira’s Gate, 2023, a work in light and dark blue, as well as gold features a mix of angular and crescent-shaped forms. The individual elements hang suspended from a curving armature of intersecting lines. Continuing his characteristic DIY aesthetic, the cut-outs are hand painted and dangle mobile-like from fine metal wires. To the artist, his forms evoke atmospheric locations where mysterious figures, forces of benevolence, enchantment and mischief oppose tyranny.