Carrie Moyer
"Configuration #1", 2022
Mixed media and collage on paper
Unframed: 11 ¾ x 8 ¼ inches (29.9 x 21 cm)
Framed: 16 ½ x 12 ⅞ inches (41.9 x 32.7 cm)
Courtesy of the Artist and Alexander Gray Associates, New York © 2024 Carrie Moyer 

Selected by Rebecca DiGiovanna

Carrie Moyer (b. 1960) was born in Detroit, MI, and lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. Her vibrant paintings and works on paper critically interrogate the formal and conceptual conventions of painting while embracing an approach to abstraction rooted in optical pleasure. Moyer’s playful compositions, layered surfaces, and fluid forms, which freely oscillate between abstraction and representation, speak not only to her commitment to feminist political theory, but also to her deep investment in art history. As she explains, “What is political about my painting is its basis in my own experience. The work engages the history of 20th-century painting from the margins, a position defined by humor, exuberance, and disruption.”