Nathan Carter is M A R S and “M A R S The Goddess of Sex and Death” is Nathan Carter (b. 1970) and Dan Estabrook’s (b. 1969) project. Every Wednesday night, the Brooklyn based artists meet at Carter’s studio where the artist conjures M A R S as she struts into highly staged setups photographed by Estabrook’s keen eye.
The volume references private photo albums. Like a medieval illuminated book, each page carrying an original pigment print photograph is lit up with hand sprayed stencils realized at Nathan Carter’s studio by the artists with RUST-OLEUM fluorescent pink bright neon color on blue Fedrigoni Italian paper - making each copy unique. The production has been realized at Three Star Books and the pages are bound with pink anodized aluminum Chicago hardware.
Since 2020, when M A R S was born, Carter and Estabrook have created a large body of work from which twelve images have been selected and bound in a custom made volume by Three Star Books.
The examination of gender identity has emerged in the work of artists from Pierre Molinier to Cindy Sherman. Continuing in this tradition, artists Nathan Carter and Dan Estabrook invite a coming out, amidst Cecil Beaton’s haunting metallic scenes and The Misfits’ horror punk sounds on the dirty dancehall floor. Playing with lights, lenses, bat-wing eyes and deadly stiletto heels the post-punk* alchemy of Mars is summoned.
Special consultant to the artists: Mercedes Jelinek
*Note that Nathan Carter is also an accomplished post-punk electric bass guitar player.
Film & Edited by Théophile Boutin
for Three Star Books
November 2021,
Brooklyn
16 окт 2022
