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Percy John Heawood Conjecture (for Parkett no. 74)
2005 · Multiple of polyurethane with resin additions
Overall: 11 x 6 1/4 x 2" (27.9 x 15.9 x 5.1 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Bernard Frize
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Bernard Frize paints with a methodical, process-driven approach that treats the canvas as a field for systematic experimentation. Working across acrylics, oils, and unconventional materials, he develops compositions through repeated mark-making, layering, and controlled variation that generate complex optical effects from seemingly simple gestures. Based in Saint-Mandé, his practice resists narrative or representation, instead focusing on the material possibilities of paint itself and the viewer's perceptual experience of color, rhythm, and surface.
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