Caroline Chandler
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I Singing to Nelson. 2011. Mixed: hair balls, kix, cocoa puffs, gilded macaroni. 58 x 74
I Made It Through the Wilderness. 2011. Mixed: sweet-tart hearts, stickers, carpet liner, peeps. 72 x 63
Tell Me Something Good. 2011. Mixed: cheerios, life savers, shetland pony. 59 x 73
P(ie/ee)r Into My Butt Soul. 2011. Mixed: teddy bear eyes, gummy worms, happy cola. 117 x 108
Vision of Love. 2011. Mixed: diamonds, fur, grommets, mancala beads. 48 x 62
Caroline
Chandler
Artist's Statement
With a hierophant’s discernment of symbolism, it is my ambition to investigate the constructed self through domestic materials and practice. My interest in the domestic is formal and metaphorical. My most recent paintings are faux flannel blankets encased in scatological opulence. Intuitively I collage culturally loaded detritus upon densely constructed surfaces in an attempt to queer form and content. Utilizing the poetics of cliche, I complicate signifiers through the juxtaposition of tactile kitsch materials in the effort to challenge superficial mimetic relationships and embellish mythological narratives.
Bio/Resume
Caroline Wells Chandler was born in Norfolk, Virginia. He completed his foundation studies at the Rhode Island School of Design and received his BFA cum laude from Southern Methodist University in 2007. In 2011, Chandler participated in the Bosch Young Talent Show at the Stieglitz Museum, ‘s-Hertongenbosch, The Netherlands. He has shown throughout the Southwest United States. Chandler is a 2011 MFA recipient in Painting at the Yale School of Art. He lives and works in New Haven, Connecticut. www.carolinewellschandler.com
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