Bernard Frize

French painter

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Bernard Frize

Born| 1949
Nationality| French
Website| http://www.bernardfrize.com/

Bernard Frize (born 1949,[1] Saint-Mandé, France) is a French painter who works in a variety of materials and utilizes a multitude of techniques.[2][3]

## Life and Works

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As an artist he explores the bare minimal essence of painting, devoid of conception and aesthetic, instead focusing on an industrial approach to making art.[4] His work is highly process-oriented, often requiring unconventional tools, materials, and the assistance of others to complete a painting.[5]

Frize looks at a painting as a search for an agreement between "nature", a viewer and a flat surface. He states at an interview with Jane Peterson, a journalist, "This is what my paintings are about and why they are not about the process. Nevertheless, the process is a way of engaging the viewer in a kind of simultaneity."[6]

Frize's artworks have been exhibited extensively across Europe (Sans repentir at the Centre Pompidou curated by Angela Lampe in 2019[7]) and the UK (Ikon Gallery in Birmingham, as one example), as well as recently in the United States. He is represented by the Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin in Paris and Miami, Marian Goodman in New York, Paris and Los Angeles and Galerie Nächst St. Stephan in Vienna.

Frize lives and works in Paris and Berlin.

## References

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1. ^ Catalogue général de la BnF, consulté le 31/12/2014.
2. ^ "An Artist and a Poet Find Beauty in Solitude". The New York Times. 2015-09-25. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
3. ^ Mun-Delsalle, Y.-Jean. "For French Artist Bernard Frize, Painting Is All About Not Making Choices And Not Expressing Himself". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
4. ^ Frize, B. "Bernard Frize: Size Matters", Actes Sud (Nimes), 1999.
5. ^ Frize, B., Grosse, K., Serra, R., "Parkett No. 74", Parkett, 2005.
6. ^ Peppiatt, Michael., Peterson, Jane A., "Art Plural: Voices of Contemporary Art", Gatehouse, 2013.
7. ^ cda (2019-06-17). "[Flash Expo] Bernard Frize, sans repentir au Centre Pompidou". Connaissance des Arts (in French). Retrieved 2024-08-06.

## External links

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* Bernard Frize website
* Frize on Artnet
* 2004 Los Angeles exhibition
* Galerie Perrotin
* Bernard Frize: Faces et Profils
* Patrick Painter
* Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder
* Art Plural: Voices of Contemporary Art

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF
* 2

National|

* Germany
* United States
* France
* 2
* BnF data
* 2

Artists|

* ULAN
* RKD Artists
* Museum of Modern Art
* Städel

Other|

* SNAC

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