Laura Frazure - Poses of Resistance: This is a series of life size figures inspired by the protests for social justice in the United States and around the world. I consider this series to be “historical fiction” as I have modeled the sculptures from images of women protesting during the summer of 2020 in Philadelphia. I have tried to stay true to the poses, body conformation, hair styles and ethnicity of the women in the images as I “invented” their bodies in action. Some of the poses are iconic – the fist and the hands raised above the head – and some are idiosyncratic and expressive of massive frustration and attempts to communicate. Presenting the women nude, pulls them away from the specifics of time and place and transports them into the realm of the tradition of heroic sculpture. They become representations of ideals of social justice and resistance embodying strength, conviction and power.
Laura Frazure is a sculptor and Assistant Professor in the School of Art at The University of the Arts. She has taught anatomy at The New York Academy of Art, the Central Academy of Fine Art in Beijing and the Tianjin Academy of Fine Art in Tianjin. https://laurafrazure.com/home.html
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