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Indian Summer, Cromwell Place, London
Indian Summer, Cromwell Place, London
Olivia Fraser
Elemental II, 2019 - 2020
Stone pigments, platinum leaf and Arabic gum on handmade Sanganer paper
88.9 x 88.9 cm
35 x 35 in
35 x 35 in
The Moon has a wealth of symbolism associated with it and in Hindu philosophy there is the idea of the microcosm within the microcosm- of the world within the body:...
The Moon has a wealth of symbolism associated with it and in Hindu philosophy there is the idea of the microcosm within the microcosm- of the world within the body:
“Even so large as the universe outside is the universe within the lotus of the heart. Within it are heaven and earth, the sun, the moon, lightening and the stars. Whatever is in the macrocosm is in the microcosm”.
Chadogya Upanishad c. 400BC-400AD
I’ve attempted to reflect the idea of the micro within the macro in my Sun and Moon paintings. Using the fractal essence of both- fire and air- and spinning the iterated icons to reflect nature and the cosmos in perpetual motion while, all the while, reaching for a central stillness.
Olivia Fraser, 2021
“Even so large as the universe outside is the universe within the lotus of the heart. Within it are heaven and earth, the sun, the moon, lightening and the stars. Whatever is in the macrocosm is in the microcosm”.
Chadogya Upanishad c. 400BC-400AD
I’ve attempted to reflect the idea of the micro within the macro in my Sun and Moon paintings. Using the fractal essence of both- fire and air- and spinning the iterated icons to reflect nature and the cosmos in perpetual motion while, all the while, reaching for a central stillness.
Olivia Fraser, 2021
