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Past viewing_room
18 February - 27 March 2021
  • Pia Fries

    farnese 

    18 February - 27 March

  • Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, Pia Fries: farnese, 18 February - 27 March 2021 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, Pia Fries: farnese, 18 February - 27 March 2021 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, Pia Fries: farnese, 18 February - 27 March 2021 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, Pia Fries: farnese, 18 February - 27 March 2021 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, Pia Fries: farnese, 18 February - 27 March 2021 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, Pia Fries: farnese, 18 February - 27 March 2021 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, Pia Fries: farnese, 18 February - 27 March 2021 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, Pia Fries: farnese, 18 February - 27 March 2021 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, farnese, 18 February - 27 March 2021 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, farnese, 18 February - 27 March 2021 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).

    Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, Pia Fries: farnese, 18 February - 27 March 2021

  • 'Fries’s paintings invite close, deliberate examination. Her use of paint and printed images is not simply the juxtaposition of one...
    "Fries’s paintings invite close, deliberate examination. Her use of paint and printed images is not simply the juxtaposition of one medium with another, a strategy that has become all too conventional. Rather, through her marvelously varied means of applying color, coupled with unpredictable layers of imagery and the viscous materiality of her medium, Fries arrives at a complex visual unity."

    - John Yau, "Pia Fries's Encounter With History"

     

     
    parapylon 5, 2019
    Oil and silkscreen on wood
    94 1/2 x 59 1/8 inches
    240 x 150.2 cm
     
    • Pia Fries farnese kB, 2020 Oil and silkscreen on wood 27 5/8 x 18 7/8 inches 70.2 x 47.9 cm
      Pia Fries
      farnese kB, 2020
      Oil and silkscreen on wood
      27 5/8 x 18 7/8 inches
      70.2 x 47.9 cm
    • Pia Fries farnese kG, 2020 Oil and silkscreen on wood 27 5/8 x 18 7/8 inches 70.2 x 47.9 cm
      Pia Fries
      farnese kG, 2020
      Oil and silkscreen on wood
      27 5/8 x 18 7/8 inches
      70.2 x 47.9 cm
    • Pia Fries farnese kC, 2020 Oil and silkscreen on wood 27 5/8 x 18 7/8 inches 70.2 x 47.9 cm
      Pia Fries
      farnese kC, 2020
      Oil and silkscreen on wood
      27 5/8 x 18 7/8 inches
      70.2 x 47.9 cm
    • Pia Fries farnese kD, 2020 Oil and silkscreen on wood 27 5/8 x 19 1/8 inches 70.2 x 48.6 cm
      Pia Fries
      farnese kD, 2020
      Oil and silkscreen on wood
      27 5/8 x 19 1/8 inches
      70.2 x 48.6 cm
    • Pia Fries farnese kE, 2020 Oil and silkscreen on wood 27 5/8 x 18 7/8 inches 70.2 x 47.9 cm
      Pia Fries
      farnese kE, 2020
      Oil and silkscreen on wood
      27 5/8 x 18 7/8 inches
      70.2 x 47.9 cm
    • Pia Fries farnese kF, 2020 Oil and silkscreen on wood 27 5/8 x 18 7/8 inches 70.2 x 47.9 cm
      Pia Fries
      farnese kF, 2020
      Oil and silkscreen on wood
      27 5/8 x 18 7/8 inches
      70.2 x 47.9 cm
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  • farnese kB, 2020 Oil and silkscreen on wood 27 5/8 x 18 7/8 inches 70.2 x 47.9 cm (detail) (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    disloziert 5, 2018, Acrylic and silkscreen on handmade paper, 29 7/8 x 22 3/8 inches, 75.9 x 56.8 cm (detail) (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    parapylon 12, 2019, Oil and silkscreen on wood, 94 1/2 x 39 1/2 inches, 240 x 100.3 cm (detail) (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    pylon AR, 2020, Oil and silkscreen on wood, 67 x 47 1/4 inches,170.2 x 120 cm (detail) (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    parapylon 10, 2019, Oil and silkscreen on wood, 94 3/4 x 59 3/8 inches, 240.7 x 150.8 cm (detail) (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    tripylon (middle), 2020, Oil and silkscreen on wood, in three parts, 78 3/4 x 165 7/8 inches, 200 x 421.3 cm (detail) (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    parapylon 12A, 2019, Oil and silkscreen on wood, 94 1/2 x 39 1/2 inches, 240 x 100.3 cm (detail) (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).

    farnese kB, 2020 Oil and silkscreen on wood 27 5/8 x 18 7/8 inches 70.2 x 47.9 cm (detail)

    • Pia Fries pylon kK, 2019 Oil and silkscreen on wood 31 1/2 x 23 5/8 inches 80 x 60 cm
      Pia Fries
      pylon kK, 2019
      Oil and silkscreen on wood
      31 1/2 x 23 5/8 inches
      80 x 60 cm
    • Pia Fries pylon kC, 2018 Oil and silkscreen on wood 31 1/2 x 23 5/8 inches 80 x 60 cm
      Pia Fries
      pylon kC, 2018
      Oil and silkscreen on wood
      31 1/2 x 23 5/8 inches
      80 x 60 cm
    • Pia Fries pylon kN, 2019 Oil and silkscreen on wood 31 1/2 x 23 5/8 inches 80 x 60 cm
      Pia Fries
      pylon kN, 2019
      Oil and silkscreen on wood
      31 1/2 x 23 5/8 inches
      80 x 60 cm
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  • "The paintings are structured alike to architecture, I would say, and the white field in between is a prop, or serves a supporting function. It is a link between one element and an element of support... It also constitutes a moment to rest, to contemplate, to involve the recipient, and to reflect his or her thoughts." 

    - Pia Fries

    • Pia Fries pylon VS, 2020 Oil and silkscreen on wood 57 1/8 x 39 1/2 inches 145.1 x 100.3 cm
      Pia Fries
      pylon VS, 2020
      Oil and silkscreen on wood
      57 1/8 x 39 1/2 inches
      145.1 x 100.3 cm
    • Pia Fries pylon TI, 2020 Oil and silkscreen on wood 57 x 39 1/2 inches 144.8 x 100.3 cm
      Pia Fries
      pylon TI, 2020
      Oil and silkscreen on wood
      57 x 39 1/2 inches
      144.8 x 100.3 cm
    • Pia Fries pylon LU, 2020 Oil and silkscreen on wood 67 x 47 1⁄2 inches 170.2 x 120.7 cm
      Pia Fries
      pylon LU, 2020
      Oil and silkscreen on wood
      67 x 47 1⁄2 inches
      170.2 x 120.7 cm
    • Pia Fries pylon AR, 2020 Oil and silkscreen on wood 67 x 47 1⁄4 inches 170.2 x 120 cm
      Pia Fries
      pylon AR, 2020
      Oil and silkscreen on wood
      67 x 47 1⁄4 inches
      170.2 x 120 cm
    Close
    • Pia Fries parapylon 12, 2019 Oil and silkscreen on wood 94 1/2 x 39 1/2 inches 240 x 100.3 cm
      Pia Fries
      parapylon 12, 2019
      Oil and silkscreen on wood
      94 1/2 x 39 1/2 inches
      240 x 100.3 cm
    • Pia Fries parapylon 12A, 2019 Oil and silkscreen on wood 94 1/2 x 39 1/2 inches 240 x 100.3 cm
      Pia Fries
      parapylon 12A, 2019
      Oil and silkscreen on wood
      94 1/2 x 39 1/2 inches
      240 x 100.3 cm
    Close
  • 'Fries's attention to figure-ground relationships, the visual embodiments of presence and absence, is simultaneously aesthetic and political—something she shares with...

    "Fries's attention to figure-ground relationships, the visual embodiments of presence and absence, is simultaneously aesthetic and political—something she shares with Ad Reinhardt, David Smith, and Martin Puryear. This merging of art and social awareness establishes Fries as one of the most challenging and interesting artists of her generation."

    -  John Yau, "Pia Fries's Encounter With History"

     

     

    parapylon 10, 2019

    Oil and silkscreen on wood

    94 3/4 x 59 3/8 inches

    240.7 x 150.8 cm

  • tripylon, 2020 Oil and silkscreen on wood, in three parts 78 3/4 x 165 7/8 inches 200 x 421.3 cm

    tripylon, 2020

    Oil and silkscreen on wood, in three parts

    78 3/4 x 165 7/8 inches

    200 x 421.3 cm

  • 'When Fries uses a pre-existing or ready-made image, she does not appropriate it so much as analyze it. This is...
    "When Fries uses a pre-existing or ready-made image, she does not appropriate it so much as analyze it. This is one of the crucial ways in which her engagement with art history stands apart from that of her contemporaries. She uses silk-screen, but not to preserve and transfer an image from one place to another. Rather, she wields the silkscreened image as a compositional tool in concert with a wide range of paint marks, from thin layers of semitransparent color to wide, thick swaths of grooved, multicolored brushstrokes. Carefully breaking down the image into distinct parts, she arranges and layers specic applications of paint into choreographed interactions."
    - John Yau, "Pia Fries's Encounter With History"
     

    disloziert 9, 2018

    Acrylic and silkscreen on handmade paper

    29 7/8 x 22 inches

    75.9 x 55.9 cm

    • Pia Fries disloziert 10, 2018 Acrylic and silkscreen on handmade paper 29 7/8 x 22 3/8 inches 75.9 x 56.8 cm
      Pia Fries
      disloziert 10, 2018
      Acrylic and silkscreen on handmade paper
      29 7/8 x 22 3/8 inches
      75.9 x 56.8 cm
    • Pia Fries disloziert 11, 2018 Acrylic and silkscreen on handmade paper 29 7/8 x 22 5/8 inches 75.9 x 57.5 cm
      Pia Fries
      disloziert 11, 2018
      Acrylic and silkscreen on handmade paper
      29 7/8 x 22 5/8 inches
      75.9 x 57.5 cm
    • Pia Fries disloziert 12, 2018 Acrylic and silkscreen on handmade paper 30 x 22 1/4 inches 76.2 x 56.5 cm
      Pia Fries
      disloziert 12, 2018
      Acrylic and silkscreen on handmade paper
      30 x 22 1/4 inches
      76.2 x 56.5 cm
    • Pia Fries disloziert 23, 2018 Acrylic and silkscreen on handmade paper 29 7/8 x 22 1/4 inches 75.9 x 56.5 cm
      Pia Fries
      disloziert 23, 2018
      Acrylic and silkscreen on handmade paper
      29 7/8 x 22 1/4 inches
      75.9 x 56.5 cm
    • Pia Fries disloziert 29, 2018 Acrylic and silkscreen on handmade paper 30 x 22 1/4 inches 76.2 x 56.5 cm
      Pia Fries
      disloziert 29, 2018
      Acrylic and silkscreen on handmade paper
      30 x 22 1/4 inches
      76.2 x 56.5 cm
    • Pia Fries disloziert 5, 2018 Acrylic and silkscreen on handmade paper 29 7/8 x 22 3/8 inches 75.9 x 56.8 cm
      Pia Fries
      disloziert 5, 2018
      Acrylic and silkscreen on handmade paper
      29 7/8 x 22 3/8 inches
      75.9 x 56.8 cm
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  • PIA FRIES (b. 1955, Beromünster, Switzerland) completed her studies in studio art from 1977 to 1980 at the Lucerne University...
    PIA FRIES (b. 1955, Beromünster, Switzerland) completed her studies in studio art from 1977 to 1980 at the Lucerne University of Applied Science and Arts. From 1980 to 1986 she studied painting under Gerhard Richter at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.

    Recent solo exhibitions include “Pia Fries: picklock manual,” Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas, TX; “FABELFAKT,” Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, Germany; “corpus transludi,” Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland; “parsen und module,” Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France; Gund Gallery, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH, and “Pia Fries: vier winde,” Gerhard Altenbourg Award, Lindenau-Museum, Altenburg, Germany.

    Group exhibitions include “Diversity United. Contemporary European Art. Moscow. Berlin. Paris," New Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia, traveled to Flughafen Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany and Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France, and Mai Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland. 

    Her work is included in numerous public and private collections including Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY; Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI; FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France; Josef Albers Museum, Bottrop, Germany and Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland. 

    She is the recipient of many awards, including the Gerhard Altenbourg Award, Lindenau Museum, Altenburg, Germany; Art and Culture Award of the city of Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland; Iserlohn Art Scholarship, Villa Wessel Iserlohn, Germany, and Fred-Thieler Award, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany.

    Fries lives and works in Düsseldorf and Munich.
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