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Carrie Moyer’s arts of seduction

By Cate McQuaid

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  April 24, 2012

Many people assume contemporary art is some kind of conceptual gamesmanship that they are not in on. Don’t worry about not getting Carrie Moyer’s paintings. Moyer’s paintings get YOU. These abstract paintings seduce. They undulate, simmer, and glow; they seem to inhale and pull you in. Her show “Interstellar,” now at the Worcester Art Museum, is actually loaded with concepts: about history, feminism, graphic design, and painting.

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