Carrie Moyer: Pagan’s Rapture

Through careful analysis of Carrie Moyer’s masterful orchestration of pictorial elements—from playfully appropriated silhouettes of flora, fauna, and celestial bodies to cascading veils of pigment and glitter—this publication illuminates how her practice synthesizes diverse historical and cultural references while maintaining rigorous engagement with painting’s fundamental properties, creating what the essayist Mia Lock terms a “kaleidoscopic worldview.” Building upon her earlier investigations of sign systems and painterly pleasure, Moyer’s current work articulates what might be termed a radical optimism. This distinctive position acknowledges painting’s capacity to generate both sensual delight and intellectual engagement while expanding the critical framework through which we understand abstraction’s continued relevance to contemporary artistic discourse.

Published by DC Moore Gallery, New York, 2018

Essay by Mia Locks

Designed by Joseph Guglietti

Edited by SNAP Editions

Fully illustrated, 44 pages

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