Jacqueline Fraser has created a formal installation in the small gallery at Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery that is governed by order and symmetry. The installation consists of eleven wall sculptures (one large and ten small) made from dark wire and a range of fabrics—from Yves St Laurent beaded organza to budget luxury braids.
Exhibition Dates: 16 April – 17 May 2003
Jacqueline Fraser has created a formal installation in the small gallery at Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery that is governed by order and symmetry. The installation consists of eleven wall sculptures (one large and ten small) made from dark wire and a range of fabrics—from Yves St Laurent beaded organza to budget luxury braids. The wire, which has been twisted to form silhouettes, sharply delineates a female profile while the fabrics both adorn and cover it, creating blindfolds. Typical of Fraser's work, each sculpture carries its own extended title on a text panel placed below that describes a 'portrait' humanised by adjectives that invoke emotions and other social sensitivities alongside coldly named accessories of war and destruction.
Fraser's sculptures are harsh portraits of the society in which we live that blindly and complacently accepts violence and even actively invents the weapons needed to perpetuate it. Fraser's work confronts us with political horrors clothed with the elegance of couture materiality.
Jacqueline Fraser has exhibited widely internationally in a career that spans more than two decades. In 2001-2 she had a solo exhibition at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York and in 2001 she represented New Zealand in their inaugural presentation at the Venice Biennale. Also in 2001, Fraser was included in the Yokohama Triennale. An exhibition of her Venice Biennale work is presently on at City Gallery Wellington. Fraser's work is held in every major public collection in New Zealand, the National Gallery of Australia as well as numerous private and corporate collections around the world. An elegant portrait refined in eleven studious parts << a loose cannon speaks >> will be Fraser's second solo exhibition with Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery.
from the series AN ELEGANT PORTRAIT REFINED IN ELEVEN STUDIOUS PARTS << a loose cannon speaks >>
wire, faux fur from Chelsea, N.Y., face veil Yves St Laurent beaded haute couture fabric, La Pigalle, Paris,
245 x 120 cm
from the series AN ELEGANT PORTRAIT REFINED IN ELEVEN STUDIOUS PARTS << a loose cannon speaks >>
wire, sequin knit braid from Chelsea, N.Y.
85 x 35 cm
from the series AN ELEGANT PORTRAIT REFINED IN ELEVEN STUDIOUS PARTS << a loose cannon speaks >>
wire, sequin taffeta from La Pigalle, Paris
85 x 35 cm
from the series AN ELEGANT PORTRAIT REFINED IN ELEVEN STUDIOUS PARTS << a loose cannon speaks >>
wire, French braid from La Pigalle, Paris
85 x 35 cm
from the series AN ELEGANT PORTRAIT REFINED IN ELEVEN STUDIOUS PARTS << a loose cannon speaks >>
wire, chenille knit braid from Chelsea, N.Y.
85 x 35 cm
from the series AN ELEGANT PORTRAIT REFINED IN ELEVEN STUDIOUS PARTS << a loose cannon speaks >>
wire, tassel braid from Chelsea, N.Y
85 x 35 cm
from the series AN ELEGANT PORTRAIT REFINED IN ELEVEN STUDIOUS PARTS << a loose cannon speaks >>
wire, tassel braid from Chelsea, N.Y
85 x 35 cm
from the series AN ELEGANT PORTRAIT REFINED IN ELEVEN STUDIOUS PARTS << a loose cannon speaks >>
wire, embroidered sequin organza from La Pigalle, Paris
85 x 35 cm
from the series AN ELEGANT PORTRAIT REFINED IN ELEVEN STUDIOUS PARTS << a loose cannon speaks >>
wire, faux fur from Chelsea, N.Y
85 x 35 cm
from the series AN ELEGANT PORTRAIT REFINED IN ELEVEN STUDIOUS PARTS << a loose cannon speaks >>
wire, sequin braid from Chelsea, N.Y
85 x 35 cm
from the series AN ELEGANT PORTRAIT REFINED IN ELEVEN STUDIOUS PARTS << a loose cannon speaks >>
wire, pom-pom ribbon from Chelsea, N.Y
85 x 35 cm
from the series AN ELEGANT PORTRAIT REFINED IN ELEVEN STUDIOUS PARTS << a loose cannon speaks >>
oil stick on fabric (framed)
32 x 32 cm
from the series AN ELEGANT PORTRAIT REFINED IN ELEVEN STUDIOUS PARTS << a loose cannon speaks >>
oil stick on fabric (framed)
32 x 32 cm
from the series AN ELEGANT PORTRAIT REFINED IN ELEVEN STUDIOUS PARTS << a loose cannon speaks >>
oil stick on fabric (framed)
32 x 32 cm
from the series AN ELEGANT PORTRAIT REFINED IN ELEVEN STUDIOUS PARTS << a loose cannon speaks >>
oil stick on fabric (framed)
32 x 32 cm
from the series AN ELEGANT PORTRAIT REFINED IN ELEVEN STUDIOUS PARTS << a loose cannon speaks >>
oil stick on fabric (framed)
32 x 32 cm
from the series AN ELEGANT PORTRAIT REFINED IN ELEVEN STUDIOUS PARTS << a loose cannon speaks >>
oil stick on fabric (framed)
32 x 32 cm
from the series AN ELEGANT PORTRAIT REFINED IN ELEVEN STUDIOUS PARTS << a loose cannon speaks >>
oil stick on fabric (framed)
32 x 32 cm
from the series AN ELEGANT PORTRAIT REFINED IN ELEVEN STUDIOUS PARTS << a loose cannon speaks >>
oil stick on fabric (framed)
32 x 32 cm
from the series AN ELEGANT PORTRAIT REFINED IN ELEVEN STUDIOUS PARTS << a loose cannon speaks >>
oil stick on fabric (framed)
32 x 32 cm
from the series AN ELEGANT PORTRAIT REFINED IN ELEVEN STUDIOUS PARTS << a loose cannon speaks >>
oil stick on fabric (framed)
32 x 32 cm
from the series AN ELEGANT PORTRAIT REFINED IN ELEVEN STUDIOUS PARTS << a loose cannon speaks >>
oil stick on fabric (framed)
32 x 32 cm
from the series AN ELEGANT PORTRAIT REFINED IN ELEVEN STUDIOUS PARTS << a loose cannon speaks >>
oil stick on fabric (framed)
32 x 32 cm
from the series AN ELEGANT PORTRAIT REFINED IN ELEVEN STUDIOUS PARTS << a loose cannon speaks >>
oil stick on fabric (framed)
32 x 32 cm
from the series AN ELEGANT PORTRAIT REFINED IN ELEVEN STUDIOUS PARTS << a loose cannon speaks >>
oil stick on fabric (framed)
32 x 32 cm
from the series AN ELEGANT PORTRAIT REFINED IN ELEVEN STUDIOUS PARTS << a loose cannon speaks >>
oil stick on fabric (framed)
32 x 32 cm
from the series AN ELEGANT PORTRAIT REFINED IN ELEVEN STUDIOUS PARTS << a loose cannon speaks >>
oil stick on fabric (framed)
32 x 32 cm
from the series AN ELEGANT PORTRAIT REFINED IN ELEVEN STUDIOUS PARTS << a loose cannon speaks >>
oil stick on fabric (framed)
32 x 32 cm
from the series AN ELEGANT PORTRAIT REFINED IN ELEVEN STUDIOUS PARTS << a loose cannon speaks >>
oil stick on fabric (framed)
32 x 32 cm
from the series AN ELEGANT PORTRAIT REFINED IN ELEVEN STUDIOUS PARTS << a loose cannon speaks >>
oil stick on fabric (framed)
32 x 32 cm
from the series AN ELEGANT PORTRAIT REFINED IN ELEVEN STUDIOUS PARTS << a loose cannon speaks >>
oil stick on fabric (framed)
32 x 32 cm
from the series AN ELEGANT PORTRAIT REFINED IN ELEVEN STUDIOUS PARTS << a loose cannon speaks >>
oil stick on fabric (framed)
32 x 32 cm
from the series AN ELEGANT PORTRAIT REFINED IN ELEVEN STUDIOUS PARTS << a loose cannon speaks >>
oil stick on fabric (framed)
32 x 32 cm
Jacqueline Fraser The Making of Dressed To Kill 2019
Bonny Poon Gallery, Paris, 2019
Group Show, The Like Button
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2018-19
Jacqueline Fraser The Making of L'eclisse 2016
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2016
Jacqueline Fraser The Making of Wall Street 2015
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2015
Jacqueline Fraser The Making of 8 Mile 2012
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2012
Group Show, Groups Who
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2011-12
Jacqueline Fraser The Making of La Dolce Vita 2011
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2011
Jacqueline Fraser Magique
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2008
Group Show, Summer '07 '08
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2007
Jacqueline Fraser New York Collages
Online Gallery, 2007
Jacqueline Fraser The Ventriloquist
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2005
Jacqueline Fraser Artes Mundi Prize
National Art Museum, Cardiff, Wales, 2004
Jacqueline Fraser DON'T MENTION DEATH
Online Gallery, 2004
Jacqueline Fraser The Walters Prize
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Auckland, 2004
Group Show, Dirty Dozen
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2002
Jacqueline Fraser << A portrait of the lost boys >>
New Museum, New York, 2001
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