Painter Robbie Fraser is immersed in a focused and at times feverish exploration of the poetic and political potential of hard-edged geometric abstraction. Fraser (Ngati Porou ki Hauraki) energises this legacy with contemporary flair, unusual use of colour, meticulous attention to craft, and offbeat, playful titles. These titles often suggest relationships with the visual language of each painting, yet also complicate and open up their potential interpretations. According to Fraser, recurrent themes in his practice include: things that look and sound like other things, painting as object, the accidental-ly-on-purpose, repetition and recidivism, colour and its extracurricular activities, and the relationship between exactitude, rectitude and attitude.
