“cope”

Cope belongs to a series titled “we are all experiencing trauma.” It is a series of photographs of graphite on paper. Christopher Fisher, a photographer, installation artist and curator, has donated one of these photographs to The dKol la femme Project.

“There was no way to fix the loose graphite other than to photograph and print them and the resulting prints remain a document of grief; an expression of pain passing through varying stages. The Covid-19 pandemic began just a few months later.

‘we are all experiencing trauma’ is the evolution of this work. I begin with 30”x40” archival prints of the ‘pncil drawings’ series and work into them with dry pigment, razors and my favorite tool—an anvil left behind in my basement by the previous owners of my home. Altering the image this way is another attempt to degrade the original image and memory further; razor cuttings relieving the pressure of the pristine print. The anvil itself both represents the weight we all carry as a result of our past as well as lending a metallic shimmer to the pigments, shavings and paper —a connection to the future; creating one-of-a-kind mixed media pieces inducing the feelings of trauma we share collectively while connecting past loss with the present.”

Artist: Christopher Fisher

First image is included. * Additional images are for reference only.

Gilcee fine art print on double weight matboard.