Lot 4349
Scott Fraser (American, b.1957), Which Came First?
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Panel 13 1/4 x 15 3/4 in.; Frame dimensions 21 1/4 x 23 1/2 in.
From the Collection of Ron W. Djuren, Durham, North Carolina
Center of the Earth Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Scott Fraser was born in the Chicago area and studied at the Kansas City Art Institute. Following continued studies at the University of Colorado at Denver, Fraser spent a year enrolled in a program at the Atelierhaus in Worpswede, Germany. During his time abroad he started to develop his own vision as he studied works by artists such as Anselm Kiefer and Joseph Beuys.
Fraser pushes traditional still life paintings into the post-modern era by rearranging classical tableaux in contemporary settings, often with quirky juxtapositions or dark or subversive humor—though his works radiate a particular luminosity expressed through the artist’s palette and the surface quality of the paintings. His still lifes frequently feature objects with personal or autobiographical meaning, from his grandfather’s favorite chair to Goldfish crackers, his children’s snack of choice when they were toddlers.
Fraser has exhibited in group and solo museum shows around the country, and his work can be found in major private and museum collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Museum of New Mexico in Santa Fe, and the San Diego Museum of Art.
Good estate condition.
