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Anthony

There is No Righteous Path.

About Me


"Art is the means by which we communicate what it feels like to be alive." --Antony Gormley.
“The surest defense against Evil is extreme individualism, originality of thinking, whimsicality, even / if you will / eccentricity. That is, something that can't be feigned, faked, imitated; something even a seasoned imposter couldn't be happy with.” --Joseph Brodsky


My art is a persistent evaluation of the monastic lifestyle of an artist. Using Eastern philosophy, childhood memories, meditation, and logic, I have developed an approach to art making that redefines daily life as a conceptual act where even routine actions become thoughtful suggestions to be considered by a viewer/participant.
Each day I attempt to capture the mood and experience from my point of view. Moving from photography to drawing to painting to sculpture to performance art; transforming the most mundane daily tasks into experiences filled with beauty and meaning.
An audience is not always necessary. Art produced out of view is often more successful.
Visit my website at AnthonyCarriere.com for much more art , descriptive stories about the work, and my blog .

My Interests

Art, Buddhism, Photography, Sculpture, Painting, Drawing, Video Art, Performance Art, Relational Art, Installation Art, Poetry, Fluxus, Conceptual Art, Arte Povera, illustration, music, Polaroid, cameras, automobiles, motorcycles, Buddhism, Chevrolet El Camino, DaDa, Internationale Situationist, Cajuns, New Orleans, Creole Cuisine, mythology, NASCAR, water, mountainbiking, canoeing, yoga, home renovation, architecture, Cultural Anthropology, Abstract Expressionism, American Scene painting, American Impressionism * Art Deco * Arte Povera * Art Nouveau * Arts and Crafts Movement * Ashcan school * Barbizon school * Baroque * Bauhaus * Cobra * Conceptual art * Constructivism * Cubism * Dada * Deconstructivism * De Stijl * Die Brücke * Earth art * Expressionism * Fauvism * Feminist art * Fluxus * Futurism * Impressionism * Mannerism * Metaphysical Painting * Minimalism * Modernism * Neoclassicism * Neo-Impressionism * Photo-realism * Op Art * Pop Art * Post-Impressionism * Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood * Realism * Romanticism * Socialist Realism * Social Realism * Surrealism * Symbolism .

I'd like to meet:

Art is embedded in our experiences. Artists suggest new relationships between these experiences.

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Music:

Radiohead, the Clash, Queen, Belle and Sebastian, Stereolab, the Smiths, P J Harvey, Aphex Twin, Massive Attack, Autechre, the Beatles, Beck, Wilco, Ben Harper, Bjork & Tricky, Boards of Canada, Bobby Womack, Brian Eno, The Carpenters, Catherine Wheel (where are they now), the Mighty Lemondrops (remember them?), The Jesus and Mary Chain, Chemical Brothers, Cocteau Twins, The Coors, the cure, Daft Punk (sometimes), the Dandy Warhols, Mr. David Bowie, David Gray, Doves, Eels, Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris, Everything But the Girl, The Flaming Lips, Foo Fighters, Frank Zappa, Montrose (yes!), Gypsy Kings, Gomez, Groove Armada, Gomez, Hooverphonic, Hybrid, Interpol, James, Jane's Addiction, Jeff Buckley, John Frusciante, John Lennon, Johnnie Cash, Joy Division, Junkie XL, Kings of Leon, Lamb, Low, Lucinda Williams, Morcheeba, Morrissey, My Morning Jacket, New Order (since before I had pubes), Nick Cave, Nina Simone, Nine Inch Nails, KMFDM, Pigface, Skinny Puppy, Hovercraft, Oasis (gay!), Outcast, Peaches, cat power, Pixies, The Police, Polyphonic Spree, Portishead, The Postal Service, Praxis, Prince, Public Image Ltd, Sex Pistols, Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, Queens of the Stone Age, The Rapture, Richard Ashcroft, Ryan Adams, Sade, Sarah McLachlan, Sigur Ros, siouxsie and the banshees, The Strokes, T-Rex, Talvin Singh, Thievery Corporation, Thom Yorke, Tom Waits, Tortoise, Tosca, Travis, The Verve, (early) U2, Ween, Whiskeytown, Willie Nelson, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Yo La Tango, Blonde Redhead, Blur, Boss Hogg, The Residents, Bob Marley, Love and Rockets, Peter Murphy, the Stone Roses, Ministry, Echo and the Bunnymen, Bauhaus, Patti Smith, Sinead O'Connor

Heroes:

Marcel Duchamp, Joseph Beuys, Bruce Nauman, Dalai Lama, Joseph Campbell, John Lennon, John Cage, Louise Bourgeois, Eva Hesse, Sophie Calle, Annette Messager, Buddha, Thom Yorke, Olafur Eliasson, Terrance Koh, Aleksandra Mir, Ray Johnson, Robert Rauschenberg, Allan Kaprow, Cai Guo-Qiang.

My Blog

i met a racist today.

i hate that the rest of the country considers most southerners racists. today i met a possible reason for this misconception. if the only person you meet while visiting Louisiana were a 70 year old, w...
Posted by Anthony on Sun, 21 Sep 2008 05:40:00 PST

Fucking Politics.

I don't like to talk about politics. I don't vote. I reject government. But, I must say this. I have 2 children. 2 kids with the most beautiful eyes. You can lose yourself in their potential. They lau...
Posted by Anthony on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:40:00 PST

a poem by search

September 11, 20087 years later: a poem by searchAmericans are high.Americans are violent.Americans are peaceful.Americans are quiet.Americans are frightened.Americans are fearless.Americans are queer...
Posted by Anthony on Thu, 11 Sep 2008 07:23:00 PST

i decided to pack one bag for hurricane evacuation.

So if I have to evacuate New Orleans for Hurricane Gustav, you will see me walking North carrying this case....
Posted by Anthony on Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:32:00 PST

Drawing.


Posted by Anthony on Sat, 12 Jul 2008 09:15:00 PST

Interview with Pendu Org.

Founded in 2003 by artist and curator Todd Brooks, Pendu Org Arts & Actions is a curatorial project based in Brooklyn, NY.  Pendu Org functions as an underground hub documenting cultural and ...
Posted by Anthony on Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:26:00 PST

Review of my show in ArtVoices Magazine.

Review by Ashley Boudreaux, ArtVoices Magazine, June 2008/Issue 05.Anthony Carriere: EtalageMay 17 -31Terrence Sanders GalleryAnthony Carriere, a 38 year old father of two , was almost Father to an en...
Posted by Anthony on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 11:35:00 PST

New Paintings.

I just uploaded some photos of my new paintings.
Posted by Anthony on Sat, 24 May 2008 01:20:00 PST

Working.

Just finished a photo shoot for Building Magazine in the UK. The article profiles members of the Ninth Ward community in New Orleans as they rebuild their homes and businesses. This will be my first m...
Posted by Anthony on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:51:00 PST

Upcoming Exhibition at Terrence Sanders Gallery

Terrence Sanders GalleryMay 17 - 31, 2008936 Royal StreetNew Orleans, Louisianawww.terrencesandersgallery.com
Posted by Anthony on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:09:00 PST