Bernard Frize (Contemporary Painters Series) - Hardcover

Rhodes, David

 
9781848223479: Bernard Frize (Contemporary Painters Series)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1848223471 ISBN 13: 9781848223479
Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd, 2019

Synopsis

This is the first full-length monograph on the paintings of Bernard Frize (b.1949), an artist whose work straddles movements and styles from Colour Field to Minimalism, Fluxus, and Conceptual Art. Frize's works utilise a carefully constructed range of tools, processes, choreography and collaboration to catalogue, in complex and unexpected abstract form and colour, the possibilities of his chosen materials.

Emerging from the politicised 1970s onwards, Frize swam against the tide of opinion regarding painting’s apparent obsolescence to develop a painting practice that could express political commitment and social concerns, while avoiding both overt statement and pure decoration.

David Rhodes’ text provides a detailed consideration of Frize’s development, from the earliest works onwards. Placing his paintings in a broader art-historical and philosophical context, a wider conversation about painting itself is presented alongside Frize's significant place within the medium's history.

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About the Author

David Rhodes is a painter, writer and critic based in New York. He writes regularly for Art Critical, Art Forum and The Brooklyn Rail.

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Publisher
Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Publication date
2019
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1848223471
ISBN 13 
9781848223479
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
144