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| If Only, Harrie Fasher |
Harrie Fasher
The Road Not Taken (Robert Frost)
Maunsell Wickes Gallery: July 31- August 11, 2012
Harrie Fasher’s
second show at Maunsell Wickes Gallery features twelve works that combine
elements of both drawing and sculpture. Fasher works with found objects, such
as feathers, rusted bits of iron and feathers, which she incorporates into her
steel rod sculptures.
Fasher obviously has
a huge affinity with horses, and the horse motif figures largely in her art. Dancing to Battle is a steel rod work
that takes the shape of the front of a horse, his neck arched and left hoof
raised. In The Prowler a horse’s neck
and head emerge from a wall, like a steel ghost. Desert Warrior is a smaller sculpture comprised of steel rod and
what looks like the pelvic bones of a small mammal, possibly a wallaby. Many of
Fasher’s horses are fragments, alluding to a whole animal through a sketch of
only part. Desert Warrior with its
bony face and two legs could be a new evolution of the horse.
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| Harrie Fasher, Desert Warrior |
I enjoyed the linear
quality of these works, and found that they could be read as three dimensional
line drawings, as well as sculpture. Under bright lights these sculptures also
cast a clear shadow that created a secondary drawing. In contrast to these open
line sculptures was a small sturdy porcelain draught horse who drags and
strains against the impossible weight of a feather in If Pegasus Broke a Wing…
If Only and Blind Gallop are
large works that combine drawing, collage and ink painting, and in which a
loosely yet clearly defined line drawing of a horse emerges from an layered
open background. Additional texture has been added through the creasing and
tearing of the paper.
The title of the
show refers to the 1916 poem by Robert Frost, that conclude with the lines…
Two roads diverged in a
wood, and I,
I took the one less travelled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Elizabeth Little has a B. Art Theory (Hons)and M Art Admin, COFA UNSW. She lives and works in Sydney.I took the one less travelled by,
And that has made all the difference.
All images supplied by the writer.
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| Harrie Fasher, Blind Gallop |
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| Harrie Fasher, The Prowler |
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| Harrie Fasher, If Pegasus Broke a Wing... |
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| Harrie Fasher, Dancing to Battle |
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