75″x63″; mixed media on canvas; 2022. Courtesy of the artist and Arusha Gallery, Edinburgh.
COLLAGE ON VIEW
Robert Fry: Remapped
at Arusha Gallery in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
27 January-5 March 2023
“Remapped” is a new body of work by Robert Fry. Fry’s paintings and etchings confront viewers with an engaging exploration of the human form that asks profound questions about people’s physical presence in the universe and the psychological, emotional and spiritual engagement we have with the world through our bodies.
25.2″x17.5″; collage and mixed media on etching; 2022. Courtesy of the artist and Arusha Gallery, Edinburgh
With a deep sense of civilisations past, from the prehistoric to the ancient Egyptian, Medieval and Renaissance to the Enlightenment and beyond, Fry navigates a complex visual language that bridges the figurative and the abstract in a way that is evocative of body and mind, matter and spirit, life and death. Fry’s search for universal truths leads into dark territory, into our subconscious minds and neuroses, our deepest fears, anxieties and insecurities. Both sacred and profane, Fry’s work masterfully employs colour, mark, line, shape and form to bring us face to face with our inner and outer selves, with our humanity and, ultimately, with our own mortality.
(Text adapted from the gallery’s press materials.)
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