carrie R, "splaying outer body"

The most arresting characteristic of carrie R’s sculptures are the limbs sprouting outward from a central meeting point. One can’t help but feel R’s wall sculpture splaying outer body lurching alive in the mind (or gut), while bolted sits, nestled in the corner as if hibernating, its leg-like forms cascading down like stilts, suggesting it could crawl at any moment. The vibration of colors from embedded and blended pigments, and rough applications of oil add to the sense of movement. Whether plant, animal, or alien, R’s sculptures bear qualities of the living and tap into the primal fear of things beyond our control, namely dying.

carrie R (b. 1990, New Jersey) is a Philadelphia-based artist working in the mediums of sculpture and drawing. carrie received her BFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University where she received a James O. Dumont Travel Grant Award. She has exhibited recently with Good Mother Gallery (Los Angeles), Cherry Street Pier at Delaware River Waterfront (Philadelphia), The Clay Studio (Phil.), 5-50 Gallery (NYC), Commonweal (Phil.), and Blah Blah Gallery (Phil.), as well as Below Grand (NYC) and Paradice Palase. She participated in the 2023 SPRING/BREAK Art Fair with 5-50 Gallery, and her work has been featured in Mister Magazine, Suboart Magazine, Munchies Art Club Magazine, and O FLUXO.