Name/Title
House, SeyðisfjörðurEntry/Object ID
2016.15.01Description
Fraser Stables (b.1973, Falkirk, Scotland) works in photography and video. His artwork uses conventions of documentary, capturing the narrative aspect of images. From portraiture to landscape photography, Stables engages the relationship between the staged and candid images by depicting his subjects in the mundane acts that make up their everyday performance. Using cropping and framing techniques, the artist reveals their individual identity, which is both innate and intentionally constructed.
House with Scaffolding, Seyðisfjörður (2010) and House of Seyðisfjörður (2015) are concerned with how space is inhabited physically, socially, and psychologically. Depicting two different houses in the town of Seyðisfjörður in Iceland over the span of five years, Stables portrays the architecture as a cultural monument in the landscapes. Through subtle framing of the composition, the artist uses the landscape and architectural style to convey a sense of identity, memorializing the form through the medium.
Stables earned a BA in photography in 1995 from the Edinburgh College of Art and an MFA from the University of Guelph in 1998.
His works have been exhibited in museums and galleries in the United States, Canada, Europe and Japan, and he was an artist-in-residence in the Core Program at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Stables is co-founder of Atopia Projects, an arts organization that initiates exhibitions and publications, and teaches photography at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts.
http://www.fraserstables.com/Artwork Details
Medium
acrylic inkjet printMade/Created
Date made
2015Edition
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