PIA FRIES – BLAU UND RAU
2024-09-09Pia Fries’ works unfold in the tension between abstraction and concrete- ness. They are created through layers, transparencies, and branchings— also in relation to the combination of different techniques. In the screen printing process, the artist has placed images of logs, blocks of wood, or timbers at various points on the canvas. They differ in their shape and structure, yet in each painting, Pia Fries focuses on similar depictions: from driftwood or wood blocks with exposed, fibrous, split longitudinal sides to soft woods with coarse cross-sections (so-called tracheids) to timbers that are leaning against each other or stacked crosswise.
The underlying trunks or branches were treated differently, such as with sandblasting, sawing, or chopping. They were then photographed, exposed onto screen printing plates, and manually printed in different colors on the completely or partially white-primed canvas.
Opposite – balancelle, 2024
Exhibition runs through to October 26th, 2024
Mai 36 Galerie
Rämistrasse 37
CH-8001 Zürich
Switzerland
