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Bernard Frize
Artist's Name: Bernard Frize
Preferred medium: painting
birth year: 1954
Nationality: FR
City: Paris

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In his paintings it is not the artist's expressive mood or a narrative he wants to convey, but solely the method of painting. This 'method of painting' determines the outcome of his works. The artist regards himself merely as a labourer and his paintings as 'ready-mades' that are produced by exploring the possibilities by conjoining pre-existent products (the paint, the paint-brush and the canvas). However, when we examine the ever-expanding oeuvre of Frize's art we are not only confronted with a plethora of variations that that medium has to offer but also its seductive tactility and lyrical simplicity. In his latest body of work, complex webs of colour interlace to echo the weave of the canvas itself. The unsettling palette, where pale pinks and blues combine with browns, greens and mustard yellows, underlined with black, unbalances the eye and destroys the continuity of the single line tracing a pattern on the surface. In high contrast to the rough texture of the canvas, each painting is coated with a smooth layer of resin, lending a plasticity and sense of completion to each painting. (Simon Lee, London)

important exhibitions from Bernard Frize

Exhibition Location City Country Date
Bernard Frize: Fred-Thieler-Preis für Malerei 2011 Berlinische Galerie Berlin DE 18.03.2011
51. Biennale Venedig 2005 "The Experience of Art" Biennale Venedig Venedig IT 12.06.2005
Fokus Kunstmuseum Basel - Museum für Gegenwartskunst Basel CH 10.10.2006
Bernard Frize. And How and Where and Who Museum Morsbroich Leverkusen DE 05.09.2010
Bernard Frize - Fat Paintings Kunsthallen Brandts Odense DK 07.09.2007
FOCUS: Abstraktion Werke aus der Sammlung Essl Sammlung Essl - Kunsthaus Klosterneuburg AT 08.06.2011
The Indiscipline of Painting: International abstraction from the 1960s to now Tate St. Ives St. Ives GB 08.10.2011
Bernard Frize Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin Paris FR 01.03.2011
Malerei: Prozess und Expansion Museum Moderner Kunst - Stiftung Ludwig - MUMOK Wien AT 09.07.2010

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Galleries representing
Bernard Frize:

Frith Street Gallery
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin Miami
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin St. Claude
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer
Galerie nächst St. Stephan
Galerie Thomas Modern
Galerie Wilma Lock
Galleria A arte Studio Invernizzi
Patrick Painter Inc.
Simon Lee

Collections representing
Bernard Frize

CaixaForum Barcelona
Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne
Centro de Artes Visuales Helga de Alvear
Daimler Contemporary Art Collection
De Pont Foundation For Contemporary Art
E.ON Energie AG Kunstsammlung München
EVN Sammlung
FRAC - Haute-Normandie
FRAC - Pays de Loire
FRAC - Provence-Alpes-Côte d`Azur
Frac Basse-Normandie
Frac Bourgogne
Frac Languedoc-Roussillon
Hiscox Art Projects
Kunstmuseum Basel - Museum für Gegenwartskunst
Kunstmuseum St. Gallen
Lodeveans Collection
MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst
Musée d´Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean (Mudam)
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Musée de Rochechouart
Museum gegenstandsfreier Kunst
Sammlung Essl - Kunsthaus
Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (SMAK)
Tate Britain
The Berardo Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art