All the Time in the World 2020

Scott Fraser's painting, "All the Time in the World" presents us with a modern vanitas. It's an uncanny still life that engages with both art historical traditions and our contemporary anxieties around time. Fraser invites us to contemplate the fleeting nature of existence through a constellation of symbols. The matches, caught mid-burn, become poignant reminders of brevity, while the stopped metronome speaks to time's relentless march. The artist’s realism serves to heighten the emotional resonance of these objects, turning the ordinary into a meditation on mortality. In a society obsessed with productivity and efficiency, "All the Time in the World" prompts us to confront our relationship with temporality, and the ways in which we measure our lives. Do we see time as a gift, as Fraser suggests, or as a burden?