PRETTY THINGS & UGLY BUSINESS: CARLETTA CARRINGTON WILSON'S OBJECT LESSONS
By Charlotte Watson Sherman Garlands of vibrant flowers dangle inside the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art’s (BIMA) two-story Beacon Window Gallery. Faux green leaves fastened to gold sequins spell: UTOPIA. The curved window juts into space like the bow of a ship. I am here to view Carletta Carrington Wilson’s Object Lessons. Wilson, a multi-hyphenate visionary, uses “history as canvas, an eye, camera lens, brush stroke, sculpting tool, pen and thread.” Despite strands of petals and pretty,...
