Bernard
Frize
Bernard
Frize
Frize
A leading figure of the contemporary art scene, Bernard Frize is creating a unique oeuvre. He constantly renews his approach and confuses viewers, giving more importance to the act of painting itself than to the resulting paintings.
As early as in the 1970s, Bernard Frize questions the codes of painting. He notably practices the all-over, i.e. covering in paint every inch of the canvas, including the edges, and uses the creative potential of constraint. In this respect, his approach is similar to that of the French literary movement Oulipo (Ouvroir de littérature potentielle) led by Georges Perec and Raymond Queneau. It results in unique paintings composed of half-random forms that revisit the Surrealists' hasard objectif (objective chance) and Claude Lévi-Strauss' anthropological bricolage.
Bernard Frize has had several major retrospective exhibitions, including in 2003 at the Paris Museum of Modern Art and in 2019 at Centre Pompidou. His artworks held in the Pinault Collection were first presented in 2006 at the Where Are We Going? exhibition at Palazzo Grassi, in Venice.
As early as in the 1970s, Bernard Frize questions the codes of painting. He notably practices the all-over, i.e. covering in paint every inch of the canvas, including the edges, and uses the creative potential of constraint. In this respect, his approach is similar to that of the French literary movement Oulipo (Ouvroir de littérature potentielle) led by Georges Perec and Raymond Queneau. It results in unique paintings composed of half-random forms that revisit the Surrealists' hasard objectif (objective chance) and Claude Lévi-Strauss' anthropological bricolage.
Bernard Frize has had several major retrospective exhibitions, including in 2003 at the Paris Museum of Modern Art and in 2019 at Centre Pompidou. His artworks held in the Pinault Collection were first presented in 2006 at the Where Are We Going? exhibition at Palazzo Grassi, in Venice.
