The paintings and etchings of Robert Fry (b. 1980, London) 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. 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. This beautifully
produced publication features around sixty selected works by the
artist over the course of more than fifteen years, from very early
works to 2013. Following an introduction to the artist's work by
Mamuka Bliadze is an essay by the artist's father, distinguished
Consultant Psychiatrist Anthony Fry, which investigates the themes
of masculinity and maleness in his son's paintings, and in
particular a series of works that refers to the Fry family,
including a portrait of both Anthony and Robert Fry that seeks to
unravel the complexities of the father-son relationship. A wider
consideration of Fry's practice is pursued in an essay by critic
and curator Jane Neal that addresses topics ranging from Saussurean
signification to automatic writing, pagan fertility symbols to
archetypal human forms, twentieth-century British painting to body
builders. London-based Fry has had solo exhibitions in London,
Berlin and Los Angeles, and featured in numerous group exhibitions
including'Newspeak - British Art Now' at The State Hermitage, St.
Petersburg, and 'The Curator's Egg' at Anthony Reynolds Gallery,
London. This, the first monograph on the work of Robert Fry, is
co-published by Galerie Kornfeld, Berlin, and Anomie Publishing,
UK.
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