IN OUR HANDS BY JOHN CARR
JOHN CARR :: BIOGRAPHIC Artist, screen printer and designer, John Carr lives and creates in the hills of Highland Park, California. His social/political graphic art has appeared internationally on streets, in galleries, and on the cover of magazines and books such as Idiot Nation by Michael Moore. He is the creator and curator of “Yo! What Happened to Peace?”, a traveling antiwar / peace poster exhibition, and editor of a poster art book by the same name. In 2008, Carr was honored with the distinguished Art Is A Hammer Award from the Center for the Studies of Political Graphics for creating his alternative exhibition / street art festival platform entitled LA vs WAR. Carr followed up the show with a sequel in 2011, commemorating the 10 year anniversary of 911. In 2012, Carr created and produced an arts-activism documentary series titled, “Voice of Art” for Pharrell Williams’ YouTube channel, i am Other.
Title(s): “In Our Hands (Left)” “In Our Hands (Right)” Medium: Aerosol Stencil and Screen Print on Plexiglas Dimensions: 48” x 96” each Statement: These pieces are a meditation on the apparent dualities (natural vs. synthetic, liberal vs. conservative, right vs. wrong, etc.) which seem to define the spectra in which consciousness operates. They are the first pieces of my body of work incorporating the use of Plexiglas as a base material. The intention is the unifying effect created when translucent materials incorporate light from their environments.