Julie Fragar delves into the complexities of the lived human experience via the entwining of personal narratives with broader, collective themes. Her work navigates the intersections of family history, portraiture, biography, and the spectrum of human emotions in a process that meticulously layers imagery from various sources - resulting in paintings that are profound representations of psychological spaces. Text paintings often coexist with image-based works in explicit abstract association, causing the viewer to perpetually reconsider how her work might be approached or read.
Fragar's work, held in major public collections across Australia, offers the audience a raw, introspective and often unsettling narrative whilst exploring how individual experiences may be reflected and magnified within the collective consciousness.
