With the woman as her protagonist, Fraser’s images are witty and sit in the tradition of
fairy tales, nursery rhymes and the mythology of individual families. Each work begins with a memory, or a story that Fraser has heard. “Everything has a germ in something”, she explained. “Everything exists somewhere first.”
Dealing with the complexities of human nature, Fraser’s linocuts pull the viewer into a narrative where subtle ‘shades of gray’ offer multiple meanings and emotional responses.
Sue Fraser, Untitled, 2016, linocut on paper, 65 x 41.1cm (platemark), 56.7 x 48cm (sheet). Courtesy the artist and Gippsland Art Gallery, Victoria
Gippsland Art Gallery
Until 23 April, 2017
Victoria
