Olivia Fraser

Malachite green and gold leaf miniature painting on handmade paper, framed

2022

Olivia Fraser 1000 Petals, 2021-2022 Pigments & Arabic gum on handmade paper 35 x 70 inches 88.9 x 177.8 cm OF037 Olivia Fraser (b. 1965, London) is a D...

Miya Ando Sanun Kaigetsunojou (Clouds Over Mountains And The Moon - Zengo), 2023 Natural indigo & micronized pure silver on Kozo paper 39 x 39 inches MA1340 Miya Ando’s paintings, s...

This series was inspired by a 1950’s era instruction manual found while clearing out my father’s basement workshop. The How To Light A Model manual employed voluptuous female models to teach lighting techniques to amateur photographers such as my father. Diagrams plot the prescribed direction of the lights. The nude women hold the pose, their lips bright red and their feet dirty from the studio floor. As naked props for the authoritarian photographer, their vulnerability seems palpable. This work visualizes the human condition as a balance between feral and fabricated worlds. Vivid, oversized creatures embody instinctual energy. Wax seals, gold spheres and text-like marks signify rational structures. One speaks in a whisper, the other in a hiss. Winifred McNeill...

This series was inspired by a 1950’s era instruction manual found while clearing out my father’s basement workshop. The How To Light A Model manual employed voluptuous female models to teach lighting techniques to amateur photographers such as my father. Diagrams plot the prescribed direction of the lights. The nude women hold the pose, their lips bright red and their feet dirty from the studio floor. As naked props for the authoritarian photographer, their vulnerability seems palpable. This work visualizes the human condition as a balance between feral and fabricated worlds. Vivid, oversized creatures embody instinctual energy. Wax seals, gold spheres and text-like marks signify rational structures. One speaks in a whisper, the other in a hiss. Winifred McNeill...