Carr's Riding Hood features a
bizarre, grinning monkey with
huge, white, bared teeth dressed
in a light-pink hooded bathrobe,
about to jump or leap off of a
pink-edged table into an abyss.
This updated reference to the
classic fairy tale of deception and
delusion confronts us with our own
weaknesses and mortality...Debra
Koppman ARTWEEK
"Carr's paintings focus on
modern violence. With their
masked faces and clown
makeup, his painted perpetrators
explore a dual role: are they
disguised self-portraits, Wiedel
said, or camouflaged
representations of the viewers?"
...Times-Standard
"Like the crowded
storyboards of melodramatic
comic book art, Jeff Carr's
Hostage is the view from
behind the couch in a
domestic fight scene. His
close-up pattern and breezy
application convey action
and involement. In Grip II, he
flattens color by using a
screenprint pattern of red
hearts - a personal
iconography - painted with
the frolic of ripe strawberries.
A cheerful palette belies an
inherent, if theatrical, malice.
Design and color make
these works an abstract
delight." ...Casey
Fitzsimons, ART WEEK
