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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

 

 

     

"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
           
 
                                                                         
 
   
         
 


"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)
                     


(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)
         


(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
 
 
         
"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
"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

"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

 

     
       
     
     
 

"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

"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
       

 

 

 

 

 


   
 
"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
                 
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"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

   
                               
                                     
                       
     
   
                               
     
"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
                                 

 

 

 

 


"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

 

 

 

     
   
 
       
 
 


"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

 

 




   
 



"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
   

 

 

 

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