From the ‘Broken House’ suite, David Frazer’s ‘Septic’ is a portrait of public toilets — rendered, improbably, as beautiful. Lone under a broad moon, these toilets fall witness to a cascade of stars, moon-bases in a soccer field.
Contained in this intricate work are layers of meaning. Frazer considers the promise and loss of the suburban Australian dream, finding unexpected poetry in the banal.
Frazer has won numerous awards for his prints, including first prize at the 1st International Print Biennale, the Broken Hill Outback Prize and people’s choice at the Fremantle Print Awards and Banyule Works on Paper Award. In 2007, the ABC produced a documentary on the artist. His work is held across public collections and internationally, at the National Museum of China and the Royal Academy of Art in London.
For collectors of contemporary art and works on paper, ‘Septic’ is a spellbinding twist on small-town beauty.
To learn more about David Frazer's enigmatic series, 'Broken House', and its lineage within Australian culture click here.
David FRAZER (1966 - )
'Septic' 2010
Etching on paper
Image Size: 11 x 15 cm
Dimensions: 23 x 30 cm
Signed: Editioned, titled and signed bottom image; embossed with David Frazer seal, bottom right.
Comes with Letter of Provenance
From the Broken Home suite, produced and printed by the artist with Unstable Press, Castlemaine.
Condition: Excellent
© The Artist or Assignee
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