Description
Lives and works in:
Salt Lake City, Utah
About this piece:
In these images, traces of light revealed by moving the camera are visual metaphors for the tearing apart of the fabric of stuff, the unease we feel because things are not right with the world – the new normal of permacrisis. At the same time, the delicacy of the hair-like traces have the ability to represent a kind of beauty coming through from beyond. That which is usually stable tears, and what’s beyond is revealed. In this time of instability, we very much need to pay attention to the rocks and trees and water that proceeded us and will outlast us in some form no matter what happens. The holes on the tissue screens represent the cells of the leaves, and the action required of the viewer in moving the screens to see the landscape images refers to the idea that what is presented is not obvious at first glance. The aged texture of the mats refers to the idea of seeking wisdom or knowledge from the old and perhaps forgotten past.
Materials:
digital ink, board, kozo tissue, paint, copper leaf, mica powder, brass rod, thread
About the artist:
Jim Frazer is an artist living in Salt Lake City working with a variety of media and materials. Originally trained as a photographer, his work translates digital imagery from his photographs and research into print or mixed media. After graduate school at Georgia State University in Atlanta, he was one of the founders of Nexus, which came to include Nexus Press, and now survives as the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center. His artists books and photographic works are represented in a number of museum and university collections around the country.
