Carrie Ungerman

It's difficult to tell in the photo above, but if you look at the bottom of the gallery wall about a little more then half-way to the right, you'll see what looks like an inverted L between two strands of thread hanging slightly off the wall - see it? Good.  It represents one of many bicycle routes that Carrie traced out on the gallery floor and wall with colored graphic designer tape that corresponds to various treks made in the Dallas suburban neighborhood - the good 'ol days remember? where kids could ride around the block a thousand times without getting run over and bikes were left out on the front lawn until dawn! etc. etc.

OK, so what is there to conclude about Carrie's installation at Flashpoint?  Is it subtle, rich, intriguing, personal, intimate, obsessive, egocentric? - all of the above I guess...  However, it's also a lot about looking, details, observation, slowing down and taking it all in through bits and pieces - like Columbo - it's investagative work that needs to be done.  It's all here, Carrie isn't trying to hide anything from you as she shows you the step by step process of her artmaking - it's about the process and the tools used to get us there.  Carrie once took her bike to get to the corner store, now she uses her art to take us on that same journey, a trip down memory lane - isn't that what bike riding and making art has been about for an eternity?  the voyage?  the adventure? the freedom? - it's not always how you fall or how you go, but how you land that counts.