The use of masking tape as a compositional tool, applied between layers of paint and later removed, is introduced in this exhibition by Neely to reveal negative spaces that recall the blacked-out lines of censored texts or classified documents. Yet here, the space is not erased into silence; it remains visibly marked, overwritten. What is left behind is evidence of intervention. The canvas becomes a field where the struggle for stability and narrative cohesion unfolds within an abstract language that remains acutely responsive to the world.
Carmen Neely
a trace beyond the life of the body
