DANE CARDER - NEW PAINTINGS
OPENING RECEPTION FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 6:00 - 8:00 PM
On view through November 26, 2022
TEW Galleries is pleased to present an exhibition of recent mixed media paintings by Dane Carder.
Inspired by anonymous 17th century Tantric paintings, Dane Carder creates artworks focused on a singular oval shape. He calls these Meditations because like a mandala, the oval serves as a focal point, allowing the mind to stand in opposition to ‘the crazy state of the world.’ The nuanced imagery—what he calls a visual haiku—hints at meaning through symbol and imperfection, depicting vast universal concepts as essential elements. In this way the works draw the viewer’s attention to a sense of shared humanity, sometimes with irony, at others with levity, the titles too, communicate larger ideas. For example, in a painting titled “Make Waves,” Carder suggests we should get out and live. In “The Effect of Drips,” he makes reference to how a continual drip can have a huge effect, from flooding a house to building a huge enterprise.
