Nanette Carter: Shifting Perspectives

For this new version, Carter digitally alters her original composition of precariously balanced shapes climbing up the wall. By rotating elements of the original composition, moving others, and adding intense coloring, Carter changes the work’s impact. The shapes, interlocked in dynamic tension, create a rhythmic pattern across the wall like the notes on a musical score.

This implied motion is an important concept for Carter, who sees moving forward as a sign of hope. The mural, with its dramatic scale, can be seen as a billboard promoting equilibrium against instability. Carter’s Shifting Perspectives provides us with a visual metaphor for maintaining or shifting our own perspectives—especially when living through fraught and challenging times.

This show is curated by Guest Curator Mary Birmingham.

^{Image Credit:}

^{Nanette Carter. Nanette Carter: Shifting Perspectives, 2024. 9 x 30 feet. Collection of the artist.} 

^{Generous support provided by the Lyn and Glenn Reiter Endowed Special Exhibition Fund.}  

^{All MAM programs are made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, The Vance Wall Foundation, and Museum members.}