John Fraser

NEW EXHIBITION
MINIMAL INTERVENTION
May 2nd – June 1st, 2013 Opening: Thursday, May 2nd
PAVEL ZOUBOK GALLERY 531 W 26th Street New York, NY 10001

NEW EXHIBITION
WHAT REMAINS
New Work by John Fraser
CUMBERLAND GALLERY
4107 Hillsboro Circle Nashville, TN 37215 T (615) 297-0296
April 13th – May 25th, 2013 Opening: April 13th

NEW EXHIBITION
BRAVE NEW WORLD : THE ART OF THE BOOK IN THE DIGITAL AGE
A TWO-PART EXHIBITION CURATED BY RUSTY FREEMAN FEBRUARY 23 – MAY 5, 2013 MAY 18 – JULY 21, 2013 CEDARHURST CENTER FOR THE ARTS
2600 RICHVIEW ROAD MOUNT VERNON, IL 62864

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

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