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City Gallery
30 May - 22 Aug 2004 |
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Curatorial
Statement | Artist's
Résumé
The lyrical titles of Fraser's works give us hints
of a narrative. In the 'Elizabeth Taylor' series, her titles speak in brittle
society voices dripping with glamour: 'Really, absolutely all
the men she married had an absurdly wonderful sense of humour', 'Really,
I was a teeny bit late because my make-up man was useless'. The
voices, however, are underscored by the names of anti-depressant
and anti-anxiety drugs - Xanax, Valium, Zoloft - that cut through
the sheen of the fabrics and the baubles that Fraser has drawn
on them, and introduce a shrill note of neuroticism to the works.
As curator Gregory Burke has observed, Fraser's strength as an
artist lies in her ability to 'pare down motifs to produce multiple
readings'.
Courtney Johnston
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