Nanette Carter: A Question of Balance

Nanette Carter: A Question of Balance showcases the artist’s innovative collages of the last decade, including some installed directly on the gallery walls. A highlight of the exhibition is the monumental Afro Sentinels III, an installation of abstract “warrior” figures Carter created to combat racial injustice and protect all people of color. Additionally, a selection of representative works from the 70s, 80s, and 90s reveals the firm foundation on which she built her career. Accompanied by a comprehensive catalogue, this exhibition—her first major museum survey—also acknowledges Carter’s deep connections to the town of Montclair, where she grew up, and to the Montclair Art Museum, which has collected and shown her work since the 1980s.

Carter's site-specific installation, Nanette Carter: Shifting Perspectives will stay on view on Laurie Art Stairway for the duration of this exhibition. The monumental vinyl banner was adapted from Carter’s Shifting Perspectives #6 (2024), on view in Weston Gallery as part of the exhibition Nanette Career: A Question of Balance, thereby unifying the two shows.

This show is curated by Guest Curator Mary Birmingham.

^Images:

^{Nanette Carter (b. 1954). Afro Sentinels #3, 2024. Site-specific installation. Oil on Mylar. Approximate overall dimensions: 8 x 33 ft. Courtesy of the artist and Berry Campbell Gallery, New York, NY.}

^{Nanette Carter (b. 1954). Shifting Perspectives #6, 2024. Oil on Mylar. 92 x 26 in. Courtesy of the artist and Berry Campbell Gallery, New York, NY.}

^{Nanette Carter (b. 1954). Cantilevered #28 (Teetering), 2016. Oil on Mylar, metal, wood. 17 1⁄4 x 15 1⁄2 in. Collection of Michael Kenny and Ingrid Doyle.}

^{Nanette Carter: A Question of Balance is made possible with generous support from the Lyn and Glenn Reiter Endowed Special Exhibition Fund, the Judith Targan Endowment Fund for Museum Publications, Heather and Vincent Benjamin, Susan V. Bershad Charitable Fund, Nanette Carter, Cynthia Corhan-Aitken and Murray Aitken, Christine James and Nick De Toustain, Wendy and Andrew Lacey, Lana Masor, Ann and Mel Schaffer, Toni LeQuire-Schott and Newton B. Schott, Jr.*, Sasha and Charlie Sealy, Sidney and Jonathan Simon, Sharon and Robert Taylor, Robert L. Tortoriello, Sharon Burton Turner and Lincoln Turner, Margo and Frank Walter, and Joan and Donald Zief.}

^{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, and Museum members.}

Image

^*deceased