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Robbie Fraser

ROBBIE FRASER

Focus Fever Two Rooms 6 October–4 November 2023 Auckland
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Painter Robbie Fraser is immersed in a focussed and at times feverish exploration of the poetic and political potential of hard-edged geometric abstraction. Fraser (Ngati Porou ki Hauraki) ener- gises this legacy with contemporary flair, unusual use of colour, meticulous attention to craft, and offbeat, playful titles. These titles often suggest relationships with the visual language of each painting, yet also complicate and open up their potential interpretations. According to Fraser, recur- rent themes in his practice include: things that look and sound like other things, painting as object, the accidentally-on-purpose, repetition and recidivism, colour and its extracurricular activities, and the relationship between exactitude, rectitude and attitude.

Fraser graduated with a Master of Visual Arts degree (First Class Honours) from AUT in 2013, and was a founding member of FERARI, an ex-artist run space in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland (2012- 14). His recent exhibition highlights include Selected Works at Northart (2023), SNO 146 at Sydney Non Objective (2018), Rematerialised (curated by Noel Ivanoff) at DEMO (2017), Painting: A Tran- sitive Space (curated by Simon McIntyre) at St Paul Street Gallery (2016), and A Standard of Measurement (with Hugo Koha Lindsay) at Papakura Art Gallery (2016). Fraser appeared in Two Rooms’ recent group exhibition Core Sample (2023). Focus Fever is the artist’s first solo show with the gallery.

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Two Rooms is a contemporary art exhibition venue located in a converted warehouse in Central Auckland, New Zealand. Opened in August 2006, Two Rooms presents a program of residencies and projects by leading International and New Zealand contemporary artists. The building houses two exhibition spaces, the Project Room and the Long Room.

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16 Putiki Street
Newton
Auckland
New Zealand
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Tue - Fri, 11am - 6pm
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Auckland 16 Putiki Street, Newton
Two Rooms contemporary art gallery in Auckland New Zealand
Two Rooms
16 Putiki Street, Newton, Auckland, New Zealand
+64 9 360 5900
http://www.tworooms.co.nz

Opening hours
Tue - Fri, 11am - 6pm
Sat, 11am - 3pm
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