French artist Bernard Frize values speed, experimentation, and chance in his painting practice. While his canvases are often beautiful and seductive, he claims not to invest too much attention in his aesthetic decisions; if anything, he can occasionally seem like a conceptual artist who has found, in painting, an outlet for ideas. His latest show at Galerie Perrotin in New York, “Dawn Comes Up So Young,” is on view through June 18. It includes brand new works — some of which are made by pouring and then shifting pigment, without brushes, letting happenstance dictate the compositions — as well as a set of large paintings from the early ’90s. We spoke with Frize, the cover star of the May issue of Modern Painters, about his practice.
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