Artist statement
Beauty and ugly are not opposed but related, co-dependent aspects.
However defined, beauty is not necessarily attractive and ugliness is not always repulsive.
Taste changes and morphs, erasing aesthetic certainties
Bio
Nadene Carr’s work has a sense of humour, as her objects push boundaries of what is good or bad taste. Carr is not afraid to play with visual elements of ugly and beauty. There appears to be no hierarchy between the two objectives as they sit alongside and within each other. Carr uses colour and materials to allow the work to become close to awkward and slightly daring
Coda
Welding in the garage, my studio is normally in my house, so great to change the scenery. It adds an organic feel to my environment- especially all the petrol smells and machinery. Once Ive managed to weld the steel to a shape I’m happy with its time to bling it up. I...
Te Uru
Image- car with stickers. someone who loves bling ’New ! Bigger and shinier than ever’ there’s so many teasers to entice the love of bling. Colour, shape, size, all require lots of play. Sound, hierarchy, size, consumerism, flashy, gaudy it just keeps on giving. I...
Coda
Marquette - brass, spray paint, hot glue This is me having an easy play for an outcome that I would like to do using mild steel and wire by wielding. I’ve got to say there’s something in using a hot glue gun!! Essence is something I have found in all three of my...
Coda
Balance , colour and particularly the joins have interested me in each of the three artist selected from Coda. I mentioned I wanted to find out what that extra something each artist adds to there work. Paul Adie inspired me to look closely at joins. I have become very...
Nadene Carr‘s art works:
