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We offer you a large collection of unique website templates. All website templates designed by our professionals. Buy our website templates for your website Life and art are an
inextricable knot. To understand Amy E. Fraser's art is know "About
the Artist". The creation of art is a primary focus in my life.
As such, it expresses a lot about my personality, identity, interests
and life philosophy. The work derives from two fundamental components,
education and life experience, resulting in original art that is a powerful
amalgamation of intellect and emotion. The images represent a fusion
of many diverse areas of academic study with my life and perceptions.
After receiving my Bachelor's Degree in Fine
Arts, I felt I needed something more to distinguish myself. Not only
did I want time to develop as a painter, I also wanted an edge over
my fellow Fine Arts graduates. Competition is tough and many of today's
artists are belittled for a failure to create "smart art".
Art historians and critics often comment on today's artist as machine,
an unthinking recording devise, reinventing or repeating what has come
before... these critics label, disrespect and devalue our position in
society, a position that was once held with great reverence. In defense,
I obtained an advanced Ivy League degree. I pursued the degree as a
means to "legitimize" my work, to further validate the worth
and significance of my art via credentials and academic experience.
I believe that increasing my knowledge in Liberal Studies has helped
to incorporate a deeper intellectual level into the already-established
technical and visceral aspects of my art. Furthering my education has
also enabled me the tools to better articulate what I communicate visually.
By the content of my imagery, perceptive viewers
might assume that I have experienced traumatic events in my life. They
would be correct in this assumption, however, this said, I refuse to
wear this as a badge or as a foundation of my identity, personal or
artistic. I do not live in the past, wallow in self pity or dwell on
life's injustices. I believe in survival and even flourishing beyond
survival. I view the traumatic events in my past as lessons from which
I acquired knowledge, helping me to prepare for the next lessons with
greater wisdom and maturity. The details of these experiences should
be irrelevant to the viewer, otherwise, too much time will be spent
on assumptions about the meaning and intentionality of the work. The
viewer should have an open mind and not become mired in narrow perspectives
or pseudo analytical assumptions. My intention is for the viewer to
use my images for individual insight as well as insight into the broader
spectrum of women and society.
My work asks something more of the viewer. One
must be open, allowing for emotion and abstract contemplation. Participation
is imperative and thought is required. The work commands an interaction
with a visual dialogue, aiding in the rediscovery of imagery as an ancient,
universal language. Each image is experienced uniquely by each individual.
Each person interprets and perceives pain, love, happiness, sadness,
colors, sounds, tastes and textures differently. What is said or felt
about a work of art says more about a viewer and his or her own life
than it truly does about art. This is why I choose not to limit the
experience by cluttering viewer perceptions with fragmented statements
regarding my life. There is more to be seen and gained from these images,
beyond the life of the artist.
To find out more factual information about my
education and art experience, please see the Résumé. For
more on the intentionality of the work, see the Artist Statement. To
read excerpts from the artists dialogue, check out Dissecting The Western
Woman Artist.
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