Suzan Frecon, David Zwirner Gallery
Vivid colour, meticulous composition: unsung artist Suzan Frecon comes to the David Zwirner Gallery
Suzan Frecon, 'Red Oxides Presenting Enigmas', 2014. Photo courtesy of the artist and David Zwirner Gallery, New York.
The gilded, immense and painstakingly colour-blocked paintings of Suzan
Frecon come to David Zwirner Gallery in Mayfair this summer.
The artist, whose achievement has remained under-acknowledged for decades, is given the sweep of the gallery’s Upper Room to display her paintings, many of which are several metres high.
Frecon’s practice is both innovative and labour-intensive. Her pieces often comprise individually shaped hand-painted and gilded wooden slabs. The precise vibrantly coloured geometric shapes impeded in her works recall stained glass and medieval illuminations; they are created in her own hand-made encaustic (or pigmented wax).
Frecon’s may be a small show, but the scale and visual intensity of her paintings make this a big event.
The artist, whose achievement has remained under-acknowledged for decades, is given the sweep of the gallery’s Upper Room to display her paintings, many of which are several metres high.
Frecon’s practice is both innovative and labour-intensive. Her pieces often comprise individually shaped hand-painted and gilded wooden slabs. The precise vibrantly coloured geometric shapes impeded in her works recall stained glass and medieval illuminations; they are created in her own hand-made encaustic (or pigmented wax).
Frecon’s may be a small show, but the scale and visual intensity of her paintings make this a big event.
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| What | Suzan Frecon, David Zwirner Gallery |
| Where | David Zwirner, 24 Grafton Street, London, W1S 4EZ | MAP |
| Nearest tube | Piccadilly Circus (underground) |
| When |
01 Sep 17 – 22 Sep 17, Open Monday - Friday |
| Price | £free |
| Website | Click here for more information |