Ossian Fraser
@ossianfraserhttp://ossianfraser.com/
Born 1983 in Edinburgh. Lives and works in Munich.
Ossian Fraser’s works can be understood as staged portraits of peripheral and incidental places. The artist continually directs his focus onto inconspicuous situations in urban spaces and nature. With artistic interventions, he investigates and potentiates their spatial impact.
Fraser pays particular attention to the architecturally shaped environment; he initially examines it with his own body before finally allowing geometric figures to perform in his place. Often and particularly in urban spaces, the circle becomes the protagonist of his work as an opponent to the orthogonal framework of the city. The simple forms emphasise and contrast the chosen context. Mostly composed of ephemeral materials like dust and water, they soon elude the viewer’s gaze and the rigid structure of their surroundings.
The explicitly planned composition only reveals itself for a short amount of time and from a specific perspective. Solely in the picture it is captured. Fraser’s interventions are equally composed of the performative and sculptural act, as well as photography. However, it is the photographic works which at the end bear witness to how closely the artist interweaves architecture, sculpture and photography.
Ossian Fraser’s works can be understood as staged portraits of peripheral and incidental places. The artist continually directs his focus onto inconspicuous situations in urban spaces and nature. With artistic interventions, he investigates and potentiates their spatial impact.
Fraser pays particular attention to the architecturally shaped environment; he initially examines it with his own body before finally allowing geometric figures to perform in his place. Often and particularly in urban spaces, the circle becomes the protagonist of his work as an opponent to the orthogonal framework of the city. The simple forms emphasise and contrast the chosen context. Mostly composed of ephemeral materials like dust and water, they soon elude the viewer’s gaze and the rigid structure of their surroundings.
The explicitly planned composition only reveals itself for a short amount of time and from a specific perspective. Solely in the picture it is captured. Fraser’s interventions are equally composed of the performative and sculptural act, as well as photography. However, it is the photographic works which at the end bear witness to how closely the artist interweaves architecture, sculpture and photography.
