Bernard Frize (born 1949,

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, France) is a French painter who works in a variety of materials and utilizes a multitude of techniques. As an artist he explores the bare minimal essence of painting, devoid of conception and

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, instead focusing on an industrial approach to making art. His work is highly process-oriented, often requiring unconventional tools, materials, and the assistance of others to complete a painting. 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."Peppiatt, Michael., Peterson, Jane A., "Art Plural: Voices of Contemporary Art", ''Gatehouse'', 2013. Frize's artworks have been exhibited extensively across Europe (

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in 2019) 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

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, Simon Lee Gallery in

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and Galerie Nächst St. Stephan in

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. Frize lives and works in

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as well as

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External links

Bernard Frize website2004 Los Angeles exhibitionBernard Frize: ''Faces et Profils''Patrick PainterSimon Lee Gallery, London.Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie SchwarzwälderArt Plural: Voices of Contemporary Art
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