John Carter: In Colour
John Carter: In Colour
Two Verticals 2000 (Completed 2020)
Acrylic on plywood
23 × 23 × 2 cm
In Colour
It is not as if I have never used colour before. My earliest work from the 1960s used colour quite significantly. It was based on commercial packaging, advertisements and other “Pop” sources. There, colour was a “given,” in that it was taken directly from the source material. Similarly, for a landscape painter, the blue sky or green of the trees are “given” colours, which can be imitated or interpreted as the artist wishes. With artistic starting points like these, there is no need to invent colours and there is nothing arbitrary in their selection. This is not the situation for an abstract artist, for whom colour must be as much a part of the invention of the work as its composition.
Two experiences form the background to the new works in this exhibition. The first was seeing an exhibition of Jeremy Moon and Philip King in London earlier in 2024. I knew Philip King, but I never met Jeremy Moon who sadly died at a relatively young age. This exhibition reminded me of the liveliness and creativity of the 60s – and particularly the use of vivid colour. The second, was my own exhibition at Champ Lacombe in France which covered my work from the 1960s to the 1980s. It was a surprise to see the use of powerful colours in my own earlier paintings. I found that it brought a different kind of energy and “presence” to the work even an
increased voltage! I realised this was something which could be reintroduced and in turn could form fresh possibilities of development.
For many years my work has been associated with greys and pale blues, but there have always been occasional forays into stronger colours. The technique I was using involved adding marble powder to a mixture of acrylic medium and pigment. This worked well with the lighter colours, but it was not so successful with the darker or more optically intense ones. The marble powder in the mix caused a sort of chalkiness which reduced the colour’s power. My major concern at that time though, was in creating tactile, tangible surfaces.
In the light of these recent experiences, I now want to reintroduce intense colour. To achieve this aim, I have begun to reduce the marble powder content in the paint mix and sometimes use none at all. This new approach allows the colours to appear in their full intensity.
The most recent works in the exhibition are evidence of this renewed interest. The difference can be seen in comparing them to my earlier ones where marble powder had been used.
John Carter, London, 2024
Three Rectangles 2017/22
Acrylic with marble powder on plywood
60.8 × 76 × 5.5 cm
Transition in Red 2014
Acrylic on plywood
122 × 61 × 6.3 cm
To the Edge Variation 2006/14
Acrylic with marble powder on plywood
100 × 60 × 4.2 cm
Assembly of Rectangles II 1981-1982
Oil on plywood
170 × 45 cm
Positive and Negative Forms I 2008
Acrylic with marble powder on plywood
100 × 100 × 8.5 cm
Double Form: Vertical II 2002/3
Acrylic with marble powder on plywood
113 × 85.5 × 7.8 cm
Triple Form, Vertical Edge 2002
Acrylic with marble and slate powder on plywood
40 × 111 × 5.4 cm
Square Burnt Orange 1982/3
Oil on plywood
57 × 57 × 7.5 cm
Red Panel Painting 1980
Oil on blockboard
84.5 × 108 cm
Double Form: Overlapping III 2002
Acrylic with marble powder on plywood
75 × 150 × 7.7 cm
Two Colour Zones: Conjoined Identical Shapes 2022/23
Acrylic with marble powder on plywood
25 × 100 × 4.5 cm
Red Edge II 2024
Acrylic on plywood
44.6 × 44.6 × 4 cm
Over the Edge II 2021
Acrylic with marble powder on plywood
70 × 70 × 6 cm
From One Side to the Other 2020
Acrylic with marble powder on plywood
70 × 70 × 6 cm
Red Column: Study 2023/4
Acrylic on plywood
70 × 35 × 4.2 cm
Fold-Back (with blue) III 2024
Acrylic on plywood
38 × 38 × 4 cm
Fold-Back II 2024
Acrylic on plywood
38 × 38 × 4 cm
Stele, Identical Shapes 2023/4
Acrylic on plywood
98.5 × 32.8 × 3.8 cm
Sculpture on Plinth II 2024
Acrylic on plywood
130.3 × 36.5 × 4 cm
Overlay: Two Squares 2024
Acrylic on plywood
25 × 50 × 4 cm
Frames: Two Reds 1980 (Completed 2023)
Oil on plywood
48 × 102 × 3 cm
Sculpture on Plinth I 2024
Acrylic on plywood
129.3 × 30 × 4 cm
Overlay: Transparenz 2023
Acrylic on plywood
33.6 × 50 × 4.5 cm
Yellow Intrusion 2024
Acrylic on plywood
42 × 41 × 4 cm
Overlay: Yellow Field 2024
Acrylic on plywood
50 × 80 × 4 cm
Centre-Fold: Two Types of Triangle II 2023/4
Acrylic with marble powder on plywood
22 × 42 × 4 cm
Encroaching II 2022/3
Acrylic with marble powder on plywood
35.7 × 35.7 × 4 cm
Slots Within a Frame 2000
Acrylic with marble powder on plywood
100 × 100 × 10 cm
Eight Turns 2003
Acrylic with marble powder on plywood
124 × 115 × 8 cm
Chronology
1942 Born Hampton Hill, Middlesex
1958-59 Studies at Twickenham School of Art
1959-63 Studies at Kingston School of Art
1962 Experimental Painting course under Harry Thubron and Terry Frost
1963-64 Leverhulme Travelling Scholarship, to France and Italy
1964 British School at Rome
1965-66 Works as assistant to Bryan Kneale. Begins part time teaching at London College of Printing. Later teaches part-time in many art schools.
1966 Exhibits in ‘New Generation’ at Whitechapel Gallery, London
1966-67 Peter Stuyvesant Foundation Travel Bursary to USA
1968 First solo exhibition at The Redfern Gallery, London
1976 Wins a prize at the 'Tolly Cobbold/Eastern Arts 3rd National Exhibition'
1977 Arts Council of Great Britain Award
1979 Arts Council of Great Britain Purchase Award
1983
Retrospective exhibition at Warwick Arts Trust, London
1986 Takes part in international exhibition ‘Die Ecke’ at Galerie Hoffmann, Friedberg, Frankfurt, Germany
1999 Retires from all part-time teaching, on leaving Chelsea College of Art and Design
2007 Elected Royal Academician
2010 Retrospective exhibition at The Redfern Gallery and the publication of a monograph on the artist’s work by the Royal Academy of Arts
2016 Awarded Hon. Doctorate in Art and Design by Kingston University
Lives and works in London
Solo Exhibitions
1968 'First Exhibition: Paintings, Constructions, Drawings', The Redfern Gallery, London
1971 'Recent Work', The Redfern Gallery, London
1974 'Paintings, Constructions and Drawings,' The Redfern Gallery, London
1977 'New Works', The Redfern Gallery, London
1978 'For Four Days', Studio Exhibition, London
1979 'Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings', The Old Library Building, University of Reading
1980 'Constructions', Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London
1983 'Paintings, Drawings and Structures, 1965-1983', Warwick Arts Trust, London
'Constructions and Drawings', Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London
1987 'New Work', Moris Gallery, Tokyo
'New Work', Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London
1989 Moris Gallery, Tokyo
Gallery Yamaguchi, Osaka, Japan
'Drawings and Structures', Sumi Gallery, Okayama, Japan
1990 Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London
'Objekte und Zeichnungen', Edition & Galerie Hoffmann, Friedberg, Germany
Carré Estampes (with Luc Thiburs), Luxembourg
1991 'Wand Objekte', Galerie Wack, Kaiserslautern, Germany
Knoedler Gallery, London
1994 'Objekte', Museum Moderner Kunst Landkreis
Cuxhaven, Otterndorf, Germany
1995 Belloc Lowndes Fine Art, Chicago, USA 'Wandobjekte', Gudrun Spielvogel Galerie & Edition, Munich, Germany
Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Visuels de la Cambre, Brussels, Belgium
1996 'Recent Work', Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, London 'Skulpturen und Wandobjekte', Galerie Lattemann, Mühltal-Trautheim, Darmstadt, Germany
1998 'Objekte, Zeichnungen, Druckgraphik', Galerie St. Johann, Saarbrücken, Germany
1999 'Surface, Colour, Structure; Neue Wandobjekte',
Gudrun Spielvogel Galerie, Munich
2000 'For Four Days', Studio Exhibition, London
2001 'Wandobjekte', Galerie Emilia Suciu (with Ursula Diebel), Ettlingen, Germany 'Farbigen Wandobjekten', Werkstatt-Galerie Gundis & Heinz Friege, Remscheid, Germany
Galerie Its-Art-Ist, Waterloo, Belgium
2002 Galerie Wack, Kaiserslautern, Germany 'Between Painting and Sculpture', The Slade Gallery, University College, London
Espace Fanal, Basle, Switzerland
2003 'Arbeiten auf Papier und Wandobjekte', Galerie Lattemann, Mühltal-Trautheim, Germany 'Wall Sculptures', Benoot Gallery, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium
2004 'Wandobjekte und Arbeiten auf Papier', Artmark Galerie, Spital am Pyhrn, Austria 'Recent Work', The Blue Gallery, London
2005 Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm, Sweden
2006 Galerie Konkret Martin Wörn, Sulzburg/Breisgau, Germany
Benoot Gallery (with Horst Linn), Knokke-Zoute, Belgium
2007 'Wall Objects', De Vierde Dimensie, Plasmolen, Netherlands
Galerie Wack, Kaiserslautern, Germany
2008 'Surface, Structure, Colour; Neue Wandobjekte', Gudrun Spielvogel Galerie, Munich
'Wandobjekte 1896 – 2008' (with Lars Englund), Galerie & Edition Hoffmann, Friedberg
'British Arts, John Carter', Live and Moris Gallery, Tokyo Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm, Sweden
2009 Galerie St.Johann, Saarbrücken, Germany
'Take 2', Works on Paper (with Belinda Cadbury), NSA
Noborimachi Space of Art, Hiroshima, Japan
2010 'Carter', Espace Fanal, Basle, Switzerland
'Retrospective', The Redfern Gallery, London
2011 'Wall Sculptures', Galerie Grewenig/Nissen, Heidelberg, Germany
'Two and a Half Dimensions', De Vierde Dimensie, Plasmolen, Netherlands
'Between Dimensions', Galerie La Ligne, Zurich, Switzerland
2012 'Sideways and Down', A special display of the 1966 sculpture with three other works, Southampton City Art Gallery
Galerie Wack, Kaiserslautern, Germany
'To the Edge', Young Gallery, John Creasey Museum, Salisbury
Two large early works from the Arts Council Collection installed in Royal Festival Hall for long-term display
2013 'Surface Defined; Neue Wandobjekte,' Gudrun
Spielvogel Galerie, Munich, Germany
'Between Dimensions', Tennant Gallery, Royal Academy of Arts, London
'Surface and Structure: An Exhibition of Recent Work', The Redfern Gallery, London
Galerie La Ligne, Zurich, Switzerland
2014 Galerie Leonhard, Graz, Austria
'Les Etudes, les Estampes', Fondation Louis Moret, Martigny, Switzerland
'John Carter, neuere wandobjekte,' Galerie Hoffmann, Friedberg, Germany
2015 'Arbeiten auf Papier Retrospektiv', Galerie Wack, Kaiserslautern, Germany
2016 ' Déplacements', Galerie Wagner, Le Touquet Paris Plage, France
'Adeiledd ac Arwynebedd', MOMA Machynlleth, Wales, 'Belinda Cadbury and John Carter', Galerie Leonhard, Graz, Austria
2017 'Between Painting and Sculpture', Galerie La Vitrine, Fribourg, Switzerland
'Surface – Relief', Atelier- Editions Fanal, Basle, Switzerland
2018
'Erweiterte Malerei', Museum der Wahrnehmung, MUWA, Graz, Austria
'Painting becomes Object, Neue Wandobjekte', Gudrun
2019
2022
Spielvogel Galerie, Munich,
'John Carter + Klaus Staudt', Galerie Hoffmann, Friedberg, Germany
'John Carter: On Paper', The Redfern Gallery, London
'John Carter: Sight Lines', Jerwood Gallery, Hastings
'John Carter RA: In Print', Royal Academy of Arts, London
'John Carter: at 80', Selected Works, The Redfern Gallery, London
'Lyrischer Purismus, John Carter, Ray Malone', ZS Art Galerie, Vienna
2024
'Carter 1960 – 1980', Champ Lacombe, Biarritz, France
'Equivalences', Galerie St. Hilaire‚ Fribourg, Switzerland
'John Carter: In Colour', The Redfern Gallery, London
Group Exhibitions
1966
1968
'New Generation: 1966,' Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, tour including Museum of Modern Art, Oxford; Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester; Plymouth City Art Gallery
'Summer Exhibition,' The Redfern Gallery, London, 1967 – 1979
'Leicestershire Collection: Part II', Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
'New Generation: 1968,' Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
1969
'New British Painting and Sculpture', UCLA Galleries, Los Angeles, touring to: University of California, Berkeley; Portland Art Museum; Vancouver Art Gallery; Henry Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston; Musée d’art Contemporain, Cité du Havre, Montréal
1971 'Seven Redfern Artists', The Redfern Gallery, London
1974 'British Painting ’74', Hayward Gallery, London
1975 'Cleveland International Drawing Biennale', Middlesbrough Art Gallery, touring to: Arts Council Gallery, Belfast; National Museum of Wales, Cardiff; Birmingham Art Gallery; Carlisle Art Gallery; Charlotte Square Gallery, Edinburgh; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle; Camden Arts Centre, London
1979
'The British Art Show,' Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield, touring to: Arnolfini, Bristol, Royal West of England Academy and Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Hatton Gallery, University of Newcastle
'Drawings by British Artists', British Council Touring Exhibition
'Tolly Cobbold/Eastern Arts 2nd National Exhibition',
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, touring to The Castle Museum, Norwich; Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich; Camden Arts Centre, London; Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield
'The First Exhibition', Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London
1980 'The British Council Collection', Serpentine Gallery, London
'John Moores Exhibition 12', Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1981 'British Art 1940-1980, The Arts Council Collection', Hayward Gallery, London
'Tolly Cobbold/Eastern Arts 3rd National Exhibition', Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, touring to: Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich; Castle Museum, Norwich; Institute of Contemporary Art, London; Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield
1984 'The British Art Show, Old Allegiances and New Directions 1979-84', City of Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery; Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh; Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield; Southampton Art Gallery
'New Works on Paper,' British Council Touring Exhibition to: Poland, Australia, New Zealand, Turkey, East Germany & Romania
1985 'Contemporary Art Society Exhibition', Sutton Place, Surrey
1986 'Die Ecke, Le Coin, The Corner', Edition & Galerie Hoffmann, Friedberg, touring to Musée Cantonal des Beaux Arts, Sion; lngolstadt Stadtheater, lngolstadt 'Von Zwei Quadraten,' Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen
1988 'Null-Dimension', Galerie New Space, Fulda; touring to Kunst International, Hipp-Halle, Gmunden; Muzeum Architektury, Wroclaw
'Britannica: 30 Ans de Sculpture,' Musée André Malraux, Le Havre ; touring to Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp; Centre d’Art Contemporain, Toulouse
'The Presence of Painting, Aspects of British Abstraction 1957-88', Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield; touring to Hatton Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
1989 'Arte Constructivo y Sistematico', Centro Cultural de la Villa, Madrid
'The Spuikom Models', Gallery Bellamy 19, Vlissingen
1990 '1000 cubic cm Geometrische Miniaturen', Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen and Galerie De Sluis, Amsterdam
'Between Dimensions', Curwen Gallery, London
'John Carter, Masaji Kashlo, Tamotsu Shiihara, Makio Yamaguchi', Gallery Yamaguchi Warehouse, Osaka 'Tendenz Konstruktiv, Zehn Bildhauer aus Sieben
Europäischen Ländern', Bildhauergalerie
'Konkrete Multiples II', Galerie L’ldée, Zoetermeer
'Geometrisk Abstraktion X', Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm
1992 'Ytans Djup', Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm
'A Double Exhibition,' University Gallery, Reading 'Konkrete Kunst International', I.D.A.C Foundation, Zoetermeer
'Geometrisk Abstraktion XI', Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm
'Imprints and Ka! Editions', Galerie Lydie Rekow, Crest
1993 'Aspects Actuels de la Mouvance Construite Internationale', Musée des Beaux Arts, Verviers; Koninklijk Museum, Antwerp; Galerie Its-Art-Ist. La Hulpe, Belgium
'Skulptur und Architektur: Ein Diskurs,' Lichtwiese, Technische Universität, Darmstadt
1994 'Forum Konkrete Kunst Erfurt', Museum der Künstler, Erfurt
'Projekt 30 x 30 Konkrete Kunst International,' Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen
'Interférences', Musée des Beaux-Arts, Mons 'Blick über den Armelkanal', Pfalzgalerie, Kaiserslautern
1995 'Kleine Bilder, Zeichnungen, Objekte, Plastiken, Accrochage,' Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung, Bonn
'Autour du Papier', Abbaye de Bouchemaine, Angers 'Ka! Editions', Eagle Gallery, London
1996 'Jubiläum', Gudrun Spielvogel Galerie & Edition, Munich
'Buck über den Armelkanal', Kunstmuseum, Thun
'British Abstract Art, Part 3: Works on Paper', Flowers East, London
'Open Door', Magyar Képzömüvészeti Föiskola, Budapest
'Zeichnen Konkret,' Galerie St Johann, Saarbrucken
1997 'Zeichnungen', Galerie Wack, Kaiserslautern 'Concrete Kunst', Cultureel Centrum, Knokke-Heist, Belgium
'Point, Line, Plane', Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, London
'Von der Fläche in den Raum', Galerie im Hause
Dacheröden, Erfurt
1998 'Music - Small is Beautiful', Flowers East, London
1999 'Badur, Carter, Tyson', Galerie Avivson, Paris
'L'Art Constructif à travers l’Europe Contemporaine, Château des Bouillants, Dammarie-lès-Lys, Melun
'Art Constructif en Europe 1950-1998', Museu de Arte Contemporânea do Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil
'Pure Abstract Art 30 × 30/40 × 40', Mondriaanhuis, Amersfoort
'Triennial Sculpture Exhibition', Royal West of England Academy, Bristol 'Naju International Art Festival', Naju, Korea
'Small is Beautiful', Flowers West, Los Angeles 'Traits d’Union', Artothèque, Annecy
'30 Jahre Galerie St Johann - 30 x 30 x 30 Malerei, Objekte, Zeichnungen', Galerie St Johann, Saarbrücken
'Constructive Art in Europe at the threshold of the new millennium', Galerie Emilia Suciu, Ettlingen; and 'Hors Lieu', JMM, Strasbourg
2000 'Mondiale Echo’s', Mondriaanhuis, Amersfoort
'30 Jahre Galerie St.Johann – Das entgrenzte Bild, 'VKB Galerie, 10 Gmundner Symposion, Gmunden 2001 'Das entgrenzte Bild', Städtische Kunstsammlungen, Schloss Salder, Salzgitter-Salder; Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung e.V. Bonn; Wilhelm-HackMuseum, Ludwigshafen
'British Abstract Painting 2001', Flowers East Gallery, London 'Poesie der Farbe', Galerie St. Johann, Saarbrücken
2002 'Summer Exhibition', Royal Academy of Arts, London, annually, from this date
'Europa - Konkret - Reduktiv', Museum Modern Art, Hünfeld; Muzeum Architektury Wroclaw
2003 'Zeichnen Konkret', Galerie Grewenig, Heidelberg 'Hommage to... the Square?' Galerie & Edition Hoffmann, Friedberg 'Ausstellung: 10 - Zehn - X', Peterskirche, Forum Konkrete Kunst, Erfurt 'Konstruktive Kunst aus England', Stadtbucherei, Niebüll
'Europa Konkret', Altana Galerie, Technische Universität, Dresden 'Black and White', Benoot Gallery, Knokke -Zoute, Belgium
2004 'Mesures Art International', Musée Matisse, Le CateauCambrésis 'Zuwächse', Graphische Sammlung, Pfalzgalerie, Kaiserslautern '50 Quadrat', Galerie + Edition Konkret Martin Wörn, Sulzburg
2005 '50 Quadrat', Orangerie des Musées, Sens 'Argumenta', Atlas Sztuki, Lodz
'John Carter, Julia Farrer, Noel Forster, Recent Work', Emma Hill Fine Art, London 'Jahresausstellung 2005/06 Multiple Objekte', Galerie St. Johann, Saarbrücken 'Handdruck + Objekt', Galerie Wack, Kaiserslautern 'Geometrisk Abstraktion XXIV 2005', Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm
2006 'To the Edge', Beardsmore Gallery, London 'Leben mit Kunst', Die Sammlung Kaldewey, Museum Haus Ludwig, Saarlouis
'1985 - 2005 Jubiläums-Ausstellung Gundis und Heinz Friege', Galerie der Stadt, Remscheid
'Ausstellung Forum Konkrete Kunst Erfurt', Mainzer Rathaus, Mainz
2007 'Critic's Choice, William Packer', Lemon Street Gallery, Truro
'Ausstellung Motiva', Austria Center, Vienna 'ARTfutures', Contemporary Art Society, Bloomberg Space, London
'Exemplifizieren wird Kunst', Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen, and Vasarely Museum, Budapest; Ludwig Museum im Deutschherrenhaus, Koblenz
'Towards a Rational Aesthetic: Constructive Art in Post-War Britain', Osborne Samuel, London
'Geometric Abstraction – a view,' Benoot Gallery, Ostende, Belgium
2008 'A Rational Aesthetic. The Systems Group and Associated Artists', Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton 'ARTfutures', Contemporary Art Society Exhibition, Bloomberg Space, London
'John Carter, Julia Farrer, Albert Irvin, Peter Sedgley, Marc Vaux', Friends of Jules de Goede, Broadbent, London
'Das Helle and das Dunkle in der Konkreten Kunst', Forum Konkrete Kunst, Peterskirche, Erfurt, Germany
'das kleine format – petit format – small format', Institut für konstruktive kunst und konkrete poesie, Kunsthaus Rehau, Rehau, Germany
'Aspects of British Abstract Art 1950 – 1985', Portland Gallery, London
'Gegenstandlos', 200 Künstlerinnen aus 18 Ländern, Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung, Bonn, Germany
2009 'Positionen konkreter Kunst heute', Landesmuseum Mainz, Mainz, Germany 'L’Oblique', Un regard sur la géometrie contemporaine, Musées de Montbéliard, France
'Dialogues + Transformations', Frank Badur, John Carter, Julia Farrer, Eagle Gallery EMH Arts, London 'Mehr fach. - kunst in kleinen auflagen', Galerie Konkret
Martin Wörn, Sulzburg/Breisgau
'40 Jahre Galerie St.Johann', Jahresausstellung 2009/10, Galerie St Johann, Saarbrücken
2010 'Couleur et Géométrie. Actualité de l’Art Construit Européen', Musées de Sens, France; Kunstverein 'Talstrasse' e.V. Halle, Germany; Kunsthaus, Nürnberg; National Museum, Kielce, Poland; Centre d’Art Contemporain Frank Popper, Marcigny, France (2011)
'Galerie Emilia Suciu, Geometrisch – Abstrakt –Kinetisch', Kunstverein Speyer 'Edition Konkret Martin Wörn,' Kabinettausstellung im Kunstverein Freiburg, Freiburg
'A Quiet Moment', John Carter, Simon Fitzgerald, Yoko Sawai, Gallery Yamaguchi, kunst-bau, Osaka
2011 'Formes et Lumière: la Sculpture dans l’Art Construit, Musée de Cambrai, touring to: Pierre-André Benoit Museum, Alès, France 'NSA collection, Part-1 & Part-2', Noborimachi Space of Art, Hiroshima 'Blau', Galerie Konkret Martin Wörn, Sulzburg/Breisgau Group Exhibition, De Vierde Dimensie, Plasmolen, Netherlands '(geometrische) Abstractie 1950-2010, een hommage aan Joost Baljeu', Galerie Witteveen, Amsterdam
2012 'Ausbruch, Malerie und realer Raum', Museum
Pfalzgalerie, Kaiserslautern, touring to: Academie der Künste, Berlin; Museum im Kulturspeicher, Würzburg; Kunsthalle, Rostock 'Konstrukivismus, Op-Art, Kinetik', Galerie Leonhard, Graz
'Skulpturen', Ausstellung im Skulpturenpark beim Viadukt und in der Galerie, Galerie La Ligne, Zurich 'Modern British Remade', An Arts Council Collection Exhibition, Park Hill, Sheffield 'Positionen konkreter Kunst heute', Stadtmuseum Simeonstift, Trier 'Fanal', regard sur 35 ans d’editions, Galerie Gimpel & Müller, Paris
2013 'RA Now', Royal Academy of Arts, London 'Kontraste von Real bis Konkret Handzeichnungen', Galerie Grewenig/Nissen, HeidelbergHandschuhsheim, Germany
'Gifted: From the Royal Academy to The Queen', The Queen’s Gallery, London 'Overzicht 1', De Vierde Dimensie, Plasmolen, Netherlands
2014 'Automatic Art: human and machine processes that make art', GV Art gallery, London 'A Fine Line: Concrete, Constructivist and Minimal Art', Austin/Desmond Fine Art, London 'Die Linie', Galerie Grewenig/Nissen, HeidelbergHandschuhsheim, Germany
'Ballet Concrete', ZS ART Galerie, Vienna
2015 'Embodying Colour', Haus Metternich, Koblenz, Germany
'Affinités Abstraites', Galerie Wagner, Le Touquet ParisPlage, France
'A Wonderful Adventure', 25 Jahre Ka! Editions, Städtisches Kunstmuseum Spendhaus
Reutlingen, Germany
2016 'Affinités Abstraites Bleues', Galerie Wagner, Le Touquet Paris-Plage, France
'Rythme et Geometrie', Couvent des Cordeliers, Musées de Châteauroux
'Contempler le Silence', Musée du Touquet-Paris Plage, France
'Hommage au Carré', Galerie Wagner, Le Touquet
Paris-Plage, France
'Ein Jubiläum 25 Jahre', Gudrun Spielvogel Galerie & Edition, Munich
2017 'Carrément 4', Espace Peugeot, Paris
'Occasional Geometries', Selection from the Arts
Council Collection by Rana Begum, Longside Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park
2018 'Abstract Syntax', Eagle Gallery, London
'Das Werk als Raum im Raum', ZS Galerie, Vienna
'Espaces en Réflexion', Galerie Wagner, Le Touquet
Paris-Plage
'New acquistions', Prints and Drawings, British Museum, London
2019 'Gomringer!' A tribute exhibition on the occasion of his 95th birthday, Museum der Wahnehmung, Graz, Austria
'Unfinished Business', Newcastle University
'Gifts and Acquisitions', Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, USA
'Embodying Colour V,', Raum Schroth im Museum
Wilhelm Morgner, Soest, Germany
'Pairings', Jaggedart, London
'Small is Beautiful', Flowers Gallery, London
'Rot ist schön – Eine Accrochage', Gudrun Spielvogel
Galerie & Edition, Munich
2020 'Hard Painting I', Phoenix Gallery, Brighton 'ZSELECTION', ZS Art Gallery, Vienna
'Gommisti', Imprints-Galerie, Crest, France
'Accrochage', Galerie Wagner, Le Touquet Paris-Plage 'Summer/Winter Exhibition', Royal Academy of Arts, London
'konkret und darüber hinaus', E & K Stiftung, Freiburg
'Small is Beautiful', Flowers Gallery, London 'das unfolgsame quadrat', Galerie Hoffmann, Friedberg, Germany
2021 'Wer Weiss?', Gudrun Spielvogel Galerie & Edition, Munich
'Winter/Summer Exhibition', Royal Academy of Arts, London
'Small is Beautiful', Flowers Gallery, London
2022 'Winter Exhibition', The Redfern Gallery, London
2023 '– = +” (Minus equals Plus)', Galerie Wagner, Paris 'Európa Összeköt', A Modern Mütár, MOMÜ,
Balatonfüred, Hungary
'Kultur.Kontakt.Konkret – Works from the Vass Collection', Raum Schroth im Museum Wilhelm Morgner, Soest, Germany
'Centenary Exhibition: Part 2 – The Red Studio', The Redfern Gallery, London
2024 'Hard Paper,” Phoenix Gallery, Brighton Blind Date', Museum Liaunig, Neuhaus/Suha, Austria
'Dialogues II – 15 years of zs art', ZS art gallery, Vienna 'Die Vergangenheit der Zukunft', Sammlung Emilia Suciu, Schloss Königshain, Königshain, Gremany
John Carter’s work is held extensively in public and institutional collections nationally and internationally
Acknowledgements
Photography: Peter Abraham
Page 52: Portrait of John Carter by Eamonn McCabe
Design: Graham Rees Design
Print: Five Castles Ltd
Published by The Redfern Gallery, 2024
ISBN: 978-0-948460-88-3
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