In the Studio | Pia Fries
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Artist Spotlight | PIA FRIES reinterprets abstraction by sensationally combining a variety of textures and pigments to create striking and multidimensional gestural compositions. The Swiss-born painter initially studied sculpture in Lucerne, Switzerland, prior to becoming a student of Gerhard Richter at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in Germany.
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Pia Fries lives and works in Düsseldorf and Munich.
Born in Switzerland, she completed her studies in studio art from 1977 to 1980 at the Lucerne University of Applied Science and Arts, with specialization in sculpture under Anton Eglof. From 1980 to 1986 she studied painting under Gerhard Richter at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.
Recent solo exhibitions include “FABELFAKT,” Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, Germany; “corpus transludi,” Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland; Gund Gallery/Kenyon College, Gambier, OH; “parsen und module,” Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France; “Pia Fries: vier winde,” Gerhard Altenbourg Award, Lindenau Museum, Altenburg, Germany; “Hendrick Goltzius and Pia Fries: proteus and polymorphia,” Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Germany; Moss Art Center, Blacksburg, V A; “seascapes,” Christopher Grimes Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; “oxiponton,” Galerie Thomas Modern, Munich, Germany; “volume & light,“ Neiman Molenaar & Mai 36 Galerie, Hong Kong, China; “windhand laufbein,” Kunstplattform AKKU, Emmenbrücke, Lucerne, Switzerland.
She is the recipient of many awards, including the Gerhard-Altenbourg Prize, Lindenau Museum Altenburg; Art and Culture Award of the city of Lucerne, Switzerland; Iserlohner Art Scholarship, Villa Wessel Iserlohn; Fred-Thieler Award, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin; Studio Residency in London, United Kingdom, awarded by the Zug Cultural Foundation, Landis & Gyr; Art Prize Münsterland; Bonn Art Foundation; Nordmann-Prize, Canton of Lucerne; Fine Art Grant of the Canton and City of Lucerne and the Jury Prize of the six central Swiss cantons.
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Image: Installation images, Miles McEnery
In Conversation with David Allan Peters
“I like the idea that there is a duality with the work. Yes, there are pastel, pretty colors ... but there are also all these hard-edge happenings, or these stops and starts that happen within the surfaces that do take it to more of the minimalism type idea of rigid, straight lines and order.”
Moving through each step of the creation process for his most recent paintings, David Allan Peters dissects how he resists the concept of the “perfect painting” and instead resolves this painterly struggle with his own unique form of creation and elimination.
David Allan Peters' solo exhibition is on view at 520 West 21st Street through 6 July.
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In Conversation with John Sonsini
"I began painting from life really when I was in college, and even though I was surrounded by a lot of abstract painting it never really got under my skin; I was always attracted to figuration."
Speaking from his studio in Los Angeles, John Sonsini discusses his traditional approach to painting and his unique ongoing process of finding and working with live models.
John Sonsini's solo exhibition will be on view at 520 West 21st Street through 24 May.
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In Conversation with Tomory Dodge
"I think my work is a way for me to try to understand the world, to try to make sense of my perceptions and the way I see things around me."
From his Los Angeles studio, Tomory Dodge speaks of growing up around artists, the influence of fatherhood, and the evolution of his work from representational to abstraction.
Tomory Dodge's solo exhibition will be on view at 525 West 22nd Street through 24 May.
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In Conversation with Wolf Kahn
"Hans Hofmann, my teacher, influenced me a lot. Not in terms of what I paint, but the way I think about art. He was the first person who made it seem that to be an artist was a noble profession."
From his New York studio, Wolf Kahn speaks of a lengthy career, the greatest influences in his life and an unwavering work ethic at age 91.
On view at 525 West 22nd Street through 13 April, Wolf Kahn's current exhibition includes paintings dating from the 1960's alongside a selection of recent works.
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In Conversation with Jason Middlebrook
On the occasion of his exhibition, Jason Middlebrook looks back at the moments that led him to his current practice, the artists that carry importance to him and the place his work finds between sculpture and painting.
Middlebrook’s solo show is currently on view at 520 West 21st Street, through 13 April.
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In Conversation with Markus Linnenbrink
Speaking to the ARTnews team, German-born Linnenbrink describes the methods he employs to create his brilliantly colored drill and drip paintings, and discusses what he has learned over his thirty year career.
Markus Linnenbrink's solo exhibition is currently on view at Miles McEnery Gallery, 525 W 22nd Street, through 9 March 2019.
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Spring saturday
Busy spring Saturday at the gallery...
Inka Essenhigh's exhibition of recent work is on view until 25 May.
"Ineffable" by Jesse Brass
Painter Bo Bartlett in his studio on Wheaton Island speaking about his process in Jesse Brass' documentary "Ineffable."
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Bo Bartlett's exhibition of recent works at Miles McEnery Gallery will open 31 May.
