# Bernard FRIZE (born 1949). "Piavi", 2015. Acrylic, aluminum and resin on canvas signed, titled and dated on back. Height : 180 cm 180 cm - Width 160 cm Provenance: - purchased in 2015 from Galerie Perrotin, Paris ; - private collection, Paris. Note: Bernard Frize is a major player on the contemporary art scene. Since 1977, he has been redefining abstract painting by working on color, form and repetition of gesture, following in the footsteps of Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Claude Viallat and Louis Cane. His compositions, which evolve according to the medium and technique used, are surprisingly precise and dynamic. precision and dynamism. Although his work can be described as abstract, it is the result of a visible, considered protocol that focuses on the materiality of the painting itself and on the viewer's perception. While the majority of her work is composed of vivid, colorful palettes, this work is part of a particular reflection on the search for a dynamic expressed by her meandering black and gray cameos. The use of acrylic resin to give the work its smooth, glossy appearance stems from the artist's desire to "seal the paint in a quasi-photographic material". The resin is a flat material that "allows him to maintain a certain distance from the viewer... to establish a relationship of equality with the public", so that the latter does not feel immersed and dominated by his canvases. In 2003 and 2019, two retrospective exhibitions were held at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and the Centre Pompidou respectively. A resident of the Villa Médicis from 1954 to 1986, his works are currently on show at La Galerie Perrotin in Paris, Galerie Nächst St. Stephan in Vienna, and Galerie Micheline Szwajcer in Brussels. All bids will include VAT. VAT at 5.5% recoverable on the hammer price and costs for taxable buyers and in the case of export outside the EC.