When Night Comes Falling, Leah Fraser

14th Nov 07
When Night Comes Falling, Leah Fraser Look

WHAT
WHEN NIGHT COMES FALLING, LEAH FRASER

WHERE
BLACK AND BLUE GALLERY, 302/267 - 271 CLEVELAND ST, REDFERN

WHEN
UNTIL NOV 23

HOW MUCH
FREE

CONTACT
INFO@BLACKANDBLUEGALLERY.COM.AU

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Like the end of Sunday afternoon, or a song by Natasha Khan, an irresistible melancholy defines the work of Leah Fraser. There's something eerie and beautiful in the way her canvases follow a similar composition: one bold, childlike face stares out from a backdrop of falling flowers while two small hands listlessly cradle a bird or a cat or a fox.

In ‘For A Night With You' a solitary girl gazes impassively from darkness, her limp hair wrapped around the bristly fur of a fox while overhead a speckled night sky blossoms with a million stars. The work reflects a strange loneliness you can't really see, but can feel echoed in your own desolate city life.

The wistful, heart-tugging emotion is reinforced by the magnitude of the exhibition itself - 32 works line the walls of this new gallery space - and for a first show this is a hugely impressive effort. Check it out.

By Jade Warne

Medium: Illustration

Drink: Bottle of red

Keywords: Art, Redfern, Exhibition

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