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Halsey McKay is pleased to present a collection of new sculpture by Ashley Carter. Rebar, steel, silicone, and a number of other industrial materials are used as an improvisational language to investigate architecture, the human body, and their potentially parasitic relationship. Skirting a direct representation of the body, Carter instead relies on familiar artifacts that point to both utility and ornament, comfort and detritus: t-shirts, bags and cushions.
The effect is a vision of cannibalized luxury and overbuilt forms that are monstrously familiar. A sculpture rests on the floor, folding over and threatening to consume itself. Fragments and remains of an ambiguous fabrication process allow glimpses into the artist’s process but stop short of offering something so tidy as an immersive facsimile of the studio. These sculptures present themselves as aggressive objects in various stages of decay and painful regeneration: a shot in the arm.
Ashley Carter (born New York, NY) received her BFA from California College of the Arts in 2010 and her MFA from Columbia University in 2013. Recent shows include Umpawaug’s Bloom at Kimberly Klark and Tilt at 55 GANSEVOORT (solo). In 2016, she will be featured in upcoming shows at L.A.N.D (Los Angeles Nomadic Division) and Young World (Detroit). She lives and works in New York City. This is the artist’s first solo show at Halsey McKay.