Bernard Frize
Bernard Frize by David Rhodes is the first full-length monograph dedicated to the paintings of Bernard Frize, an artist known for his work that spans various movements and styles, including Colour Field, Minimalism, Fluxus, and Conceptual Art. Published by Lund Humphries in 2019, this illustrated edition contains 144 pages and is presented in English. The book explores how Frize employs a diverse array of tools and processes to create complex abstract forms and colors, reflecting the possibilities of his chosen materials.
Readers will find a comprehensive examination of Frize’s artistic evolution, starting from his earliest works. The text situates his paintings within a broader art-historical and philosophical framework, fostering a dialogue about the nature of painting itself. Rhodes discusses how Frize’s practice emerged from the politically charged atmosphere of the 1970s, allowing him to navigate themes of political commitment and social concerns without resorting to overt statements or mere decoration. This monograph offers insights into Frize’s significant contributions to contemporary art history.
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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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