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John Fraser

For an extended period of time, my work has addressed the basic tenets of structure, surface, form, material and facture that, I believe, are central to being a maker of things. I remain interested in the formal relationships that exist between one thing and another and of many things in concert and I attempt to reconcile these concerns in a restrained, suggestive and disciplined way.

Exhibitions in the past have included: Accumulations, Object Lesson: Continuations & New Combinations, More and Less, Close Values, In Reserve, What Time Can Tell, About Place, Material Issue, and Neutral Value; all of which reflect the concerns mentioned above as does this exhibition: The Built Form.

Geometry has assisted in the organization of my compositions, and for me, a way to negotiate the process and control the passage of time. I employ found objects in my work because they are part of the world, and possess a very real, latent energy. Working with found material involves a personal, critical act of selection.

My objective continues to be offering to the prospective viewer an object worthy of study and reflection, to make something that can arrest time and to offer a place for contemplation.

John Fraser
January, 2012

"For All We Know (For Polly)"
Mixed-Media Collage on
Wood Panel Construction with Found Rule
48 1/4" x 30" x 2 3/4", 2011

"Bildtafeln"
Mixed-Media Collage on
Wood Panel Construction
30" x 30" x 2 1/4", 2011

"Some Total"
Mixed-Media Collage on
Wood Panel Construction with Found Rule
30" x 30" x 2 1/4", 2011

"Composition in Grey and Black"
Mixed-Media Collage on
Wood Panel Construction
13 5/8" x 13 3/4" x 1 3/4", 2011

"Composition with Burgundy Vertical"
Mixed-Media Collage on
Wood Panel Construction
13" x 13" x 2", 2011

"Composition with Two Reds" .
Mixed-Media Collage on
Wood Panel Construction
13 1/2" x 13 1/2" x 1 3/4", 2011

"Moliere in Grey"
Mixed-Media Collage on
Wood Panel Construction with Found Objects
60" x 60" x 2.25" (2 parts), 2011

"In Thought and Feeling (Wm Penn)"
Mixed-Media Collage on
Wood Panel Construction with Found Objects
60" x 60" x 2.25" (2 parts), 2011

"Fragment (Bolivar)"
Mixed-Media Collage on
Wood Panel Construction with Found Object
60" x 45" x 2.25" (2 parts), 2011

"On Equal Terms"
Mixed-Media Collage on
Wood Panel Construction with Found Rule
43.25" x 18.75" x 2.25", 2011

(detail)

"Standard I (light grey)"
Mixed-Media Collage on
Wood Panel Construction with Found Rule
100 " x 7.6.25" x 2.25" (2 parts), 2011

"Standard II (beige)"
Mixed-Media Collage on
Wood Panel Construction
97" x 7.625" x 2.25" (2 parts), 2011

(detail)

"Standard III (charcoal & tan)"
Mixed-Media Collage on
Wood Panel Construction
with Found Object
87" x 5.75" x 2.5" (2 parts), 2011

"Standard IV (cream)"
Mixed-Media Collage on
Wood Panel Construction
with Found Rule
80" x 7 " x 2" (2 parts), 2011

(detail)

"Standard V (medium grey)"
Mixed-Media Collage on
Wood Panel Construction
with Found Object
67" x 6.75" x 2.5" (2 parts), 2011

"Quiet Time" .
Mixed-Media Collage on
Wood Panel Construction with Found Rule
14 7/8" x 30" x 1 7/8", 2011

"Grey Composition with Bound Horizontal"
Mixed-Media Collage on
Wood Panel Construction
12 3/4" x 7 3/4" x 1 1/4", 2011

"No Title (from Anya)" (In Two Parts)
Found Object/Handmade Leather & East Indian Loose-Leaf Paper Journal/Ink & Wax on Cotton on Welded Steel Shelf with Nickel Finish
Surface: 5" x 8" x 7", Shelf: 5" x 16", 2010

"Catch & Release" (In Two Parts)
Wax on Stained Wood Forms/Waxed Wood/
Welded Steel Shelf with Nickel Finish
Surface: 6" x 6" x 5", Shelf: 8" x 7", 2010

"No Title (Collar Piece)"
2 Shirt Collars with Button-Tabs, Elastic Banding, Welded and Waxed Steel Frame
2.5" x 11.75" x 2.25", 2001

"Remembering Monte Alban" (In Two Parts)
Linoleum on Wood/Acrylic on Cardboard/Waxed Wood/Welded Steel Shelf with Nickel Finish
Surface: 5" x 14" x 4", Shelf: 5" x 16", 2010

"Composition With Red Dash"
Graphite, Acrylic, Mixed Media Collage on Wood Construction
19.25" x 16 " x 1.75", 2006-07

"Two Forms (open & closed)"
Waxed Tin, Waxed Wood Found Embroidery Hoop (acrylic on fabric), Waxed Steel Hook.
(3 parts)
11.25" x 4" x 1.75", 2007

"Ledger IV"
Graphite and Acrylic on Collaged Papers
19.75" x 12.75" (image), 40" x 32" (board), 2006

"Another Divided Space"
Graphite, Acrylic, Mixed Media Collage on Wood Construction
8.125" x 8.125" x 2.75", 2006

"(After) Houston I"
Graphite and Acrylic on Collaged Papers
18.75" x 14.75" (image), 40" x 32" (board), 2005

"Bars (Grey)"
Graphite, Acrylic, Mixed Media Collage
on Wood Construction
13" x 13" x 2.5", 2006

"Grey Composition With Orange Bar" (in studio)
Graphite, Acrylic, Mixed Media Collage, Wood, Nails on Wood Construction
18.375" x 18.375" x 1.25", 2006-07

"Beige Relief (With Blue Accent)" (in studio)
Acrylic and Mixed Media Collage
on Wood Construction
27.625" x 27.25" x 1.375", 2008

"Inside-Out IV" (in studio)
Graphite and Acrylic on Collaged Papers
12.75" x 12.25" (image), 32" x 24" (board), 2003

"No Title (Grey / Green)" (detail on right)
Graphite and Acrylic on Collaged Papers
34.5" x 27" (framed), 30" x 22" (unframed), 2007

"No Title (Stacked Green Stripes)"
Graphite and Acrylic on Collaged Papers
34.5" x 27" (framed), 30" x 22" (unframed), 2007

"No Title (Red / Green / 792285)"
Graphite and Acrylic on Collaged Papers
34.5" x 27" (framed), 30" x 22" (unframed), 2007

"No Title (Orange / 782219)"
Graphite and Acrylic on Collaged Papers
34.5" x 27" (framed), 30" x 22" (unframed), 2007

"No Title (Grey / 581-X)"
Graphite and Acrylic on Collaged Papers
34.5" x 27" (framed), 30" x 22" (unframed), 2007

"Another Positive" (in studio)
Acrylic and Mixed Media Collage
on Wood Construction
22.75" x 22.625" x 1.375", 2008

"Middle Third" (in studio)
Graphite and Acrylic on Collaged Papers and Fabric Tag, Mounted to Wood Panel, Waxed Steel Shelf
26" x 27.5" x 2" (Including steel shelf) (2 parts), 2006-07

"HUDSON" (From the installation: 'CRITICAL MASS')
25 Startched Linen Collars/Antique Buttons/Hand-Brazed Brass Brackets
43"h x 54"w x 7"d, 2005

"Ouray" (In Two Parts)
Waxed Aluminum/Waxed Wood Architects Caliper
24"h x 90"w x 2", 1997

(detail)

"Vertical with Two Blue Lines" (in studio)
Mixed Media Collage on Canvas Panel
96.50" x 7" x 1.75", 2009

"Composition with Two Similar Forms II "
Mixed Media Collage on Paper, on Panel
10.25" x 8.75", 2009

"Westport Island Memory "
Mixed Media Collage on Paper, on Panel
10.25" x 12.75", 2009

"By Design" (in studio)
Mixed Media Collage on Canvas Panel
28" x 28", 2009

"Form with Suggested Content "
Mixed Media Collage on Paper
37" x 29" framed, 1992

"Corridor" (in studio)
Mixed Media Collage on Canvas Panel
45.5" x 23", 2009

"Guild" (in studio)
3-part, Mixed Media Collage on 2 Canvas Panels, with Found Object
12" x 38.50" x 1.25", 2009

"(In The) Absense of Rhetoric "
Mixed Media Collage on Canvas Panels (diptych) 48" x 24", 2009

"Ledger (revised)"
Mixed Media Collage on Paper and Linen-Panel
36" x 26.25" x 1.75", 2009

"Type-cast"
2-part, Mixed Media Collage on Canvas, Found Embroidery Hoop, and Found Object
24" x 44" x 4", 2009


"Strata IV (brown center)" (in studio) Graphite, Acrylic, Mixed Media Collage, on Wood Construction 14" x 9.375" x 1", 2007	"Strata II (red/beige)" Graphite, Acrylic, Mixed Media Collage, on Wood Construction 13.5" x 9.625" x 1", 2007	"Strata I (Khaki/beige)" (in studio) Graphite, Acrylic, Mixed Media Collage, on Wood Construction 13.25" x 8.625" x 1", 2007



				"U-U" Graphite, Acrylic, Mixed Media Collage, on Wood Construction 11.375" x 7.625" x 1", 2007
"Cut Away" Graphite, Acrylic, Mixed Media Collage, on Wood Construction 17.5" x 11.125" x 1", 2007


"Morning(White)" Graphite, Acrylic, Mixed Media Collage, on Wood Construction 17.25" x 10.375" x 1 ", 2007			"In The Flesh" (in studio) Graphite, Acrylic, Mixed Media Collage, on Wood Construction 17.375" x 10.25" x 1", 2007



"Three Edge Red" Acrylic and Mixed Media Collage on Wood Construction 7.75" x 7.75" x 1.125", 2008		"Glow (Left of Center)" Acrylic and Mixed Media Collage on Wood Construction 8.5" x 8.5" x 1.125", 2008		"Tan Verticals" Acrylic and Mixed Media Collage on Wood Construction 8.5" x 8.625" x 1.125", 2008




	"Warm Field (Divided)" Acrylic and Mixed Media Collage on Wood Construction 9.5" x 9.375" x 1.125", 2008		"Waiting/Hoping (Am)" (in studio) Graphite and Acrylic on Collaged Papers 16.625" x 16.125" (image), 40" x 32" (board), 2003


"Revision" Graphite, Acrylic, Mixed Media Collage, Nails on Wood Construction 16" x 16 " x 1.375", 2007		"Window-Wall" (in studio) Graphite, Acrylic, Mixed Media Collage, on Wood Construction 17.75" x 14.625 " x 1.75", 2007



"The Distance Between (Height and Width)" Acrylic/Wax on Wood Construction 65.18" x 65.18" x 2", 2004		"No Title (Box, Cone Form, & Shelf)" Waxed Steel Shelf, Acrylic on Box/Collage on Wood Block, Waxed Wood Cone-Form, Waxed Steel "u" Bracket 20" x 4" x 4" (Overall) (4 parts), 2007


"AM" Lithograph Edition of 36 #12/36 Paper Size: 31.5" x 22.875"		"No Title (5 by 8)" (in studio) Graphite/Acrylic on Tags(Collaged Papers) 29" x 29" Framed, 2004

"Long Division "
Acrylic and Wax on
Wood Construction
48" x 24" x 2", 2003


"No Title (Cove Group RM II)" Graphite/Acrylic on Collaged Papers 20" x 16" x 8" Ply Board Size, 2003		"No Title (Cove Group RM XVI)" Graphite/Acrylic on Collaged Papers 20" x 16" x 8" Ply Board Size, 2003		"Another After" Graphite/Acrylic on Collaged Papers 20" x 16" x 8" Ply Board Size, 2003


	"No Title (veiled formality)" Acrylic on Stitched Canvas/Starched Formal Linen Tuxedo Collar 18.5" x 18.5", framed 1995		"No Title (top, center, bottom)" Acrylic on Stitched Canvas/3 Starched Linen Choir Boy Collars 18.5" x 18.5", framed 1995

John Fraser

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