Lucy Fradkin (born 1953)[1] is an American self-taught artist from New York who paints portraits which often include collage elements.
She is inspired by Persian and Indian miniature paintings with bright palettes and flattened space[2] as well as the ancient frescoes and mosaics of Etruria, Rome, and Byzantium.
[6] Fradkin's works "An Awakening To Other Orders of Reality" and "Birds of a Feather" are in the private collection of Agnes Gund, President Emerita of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and were included in the movie "Aggie".
Objects sit, hang and float in these spaces and interact with the figures both abstractly as well as pictorially,[8] resulting in an intimate visual narrative.
[9] “An Awakening To Other Orders of Reality” (acrylic gouache on paper with collage and pencil) currently in the private collection of Agnes Gund, was included in the film Aggie.
An abundance of detail in the midst of "simply" rendered figures allows us to focus, play and ponder all the possible associations and rhythmic patterns between the various elements in the paintings.