Jamie Frost is a fine artist making sculptures and drawings. His work seeks to subtly reframe traditional figuration and the classical tradition. Working with live models, he may take inspiration from renaissance sculpture, cinema, Butoh theatre, or a gesture made in his company. Jamie patiently considers the pose, composition and gesture of his works in lengthy experimentation. A layered process of sketches, prints, maquettes, photographs, and drawings contribute to the production of major pieces of sculpture or installation. Recent works explore pairings and groups of figures, revealing an interest in the gaps between us, both imposed and elective.
‘The words we use with trees: limb; heartwood; trunk, are the language of bodies. The smell, warmth, weight, moisture, the sounds, are analogous with human flesh. They are heady and visceral. These sensory qualities heighten my relationship with the work and I see no reason to suppress this. I wish you to experience it. We rely on muscle memory to perform actions. Perhaps it follows that a certain amount of emotional memory might be required in the making of art, to draw upon a recollection of things felt.’
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