CHRIS FREMANTLE

Justin Carter’s work at the Studio Pavilion Galley at the House for an Art Lover

If you want to think about the least possible means to make work, the Justin Carter’s group of works all derived from Antony Caro’s Paul’s Turn, that used to be exhibited in the courtyard at the Hunterian Gallery, is exemplary. It was in the smaller, less formal space.

All of these works, mostly on paper, come from and make use of the flakes of rust and the archival materials associated with the Caro sculpture. Mainly Carter made ink from the rust, adding oak gall, and then sketched the work on site, or made prints.

There are some humorous additions such as the figures, but there was always something about scale in Caro’s works too. All of the works including the unsent letter have a twist to them. The print, a sheet of paper with the words THIS USED TO BE A SCULPTURE, is such a brilliantly ironic thing.

The works in the more formal Gallery space were had the same economy and quirky humour.

Such a joy to see Paul, Sam Ainsley, and Peter McCaughey.

For a detailed discussion see Paul’s paper Paul’s Turn – Re-imagining Art from the Entropic Remains of Visual Form.