Installation view of the exhibition Suzan Frecon: recent painting, at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2010.
Installation view of the exhibition Suzan Frecon: recent painting, at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2010.

Suzan Frecon: recent painting

David Zwirner is pleased to present an exhibition of new paintings by American artist Suzan Frecon. On view at the gallery’s 525 West 19th Street space, this is the first solo exhibition by the artist since she joined the gallery in 2008.

For the past four decades, Frecon has become known for abstract oil paintings and watercolors that are at once reductive and expressive. Composed with subtle, interacting arrangements of color, which the artist applies with meticulous attention to the physical qualities of paint, they appear to blur the distinction between matter and transcendence. Color assumes a physical property and almost appears material; as the artist has stated, "The reality and the spiritual of my paintings are the same." 

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A painting by Suzan Frecon, titled version 13, dated 2010.

Suzan Frecon

version 13, 2010
Oil on linen
Overall: 108 x 87 3/8 inches (274.3 x 221.9 cm) Each: 54 x 87 3/8 x inches (137.2 x 221.9 cm)
A painting by Suzan Frecon, titled cathedral series, variation 4, dated 2009.

Suzan Frecon

cathedral series, variation 4, 2009
Oil on wood panel
14 7/8 x 12 inches (37.8 x 30.5 cm)

Produced to accompany Frecon’s first exhibition at David Zwirner, this publication features a text by Joachim Pissarro and reproductions of the artist's large-scale oil paintings, as well as photographs of the exhibition and of Frecon's studio, and images of her notebooks and sketches. Also included is the facsimile of a personal letter to the artist from the poet Clark Coolidge. Published by David Zwirner | Radius Books

Installation view of the exhibition Suzan Frecon: recent painting, at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2010.
Installation view of the exhibition Suzan Frecon: recent painting, at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2010.
Installation view of the exhibition Suzan Frecon: recent painting, at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2010.
A painting by Suzan Frecon, titled cathedral series, variation 6, dated 2010.

Suzan Frecon

cathedral series, variation 6, 2010
Oil on linen
Overall: 108 x 87 3/8 inches (274.3 x 221.9 cm) Each: 54 x 87 3/8 x inches (137.2 x 221.9 cm)
A painting by Suzan Frecon, titled composition in four colors 1, dated 2009.

Suzan Frecon

composition in four colors 1, 2009
Oil on linen
Overall: 108 x 87 3/8 x inches (274.3 x 221.9 cm) Each: 54 x 87 3/8 x inches (137.2 x 221.9 cm)
Installation view of the exhibition Suzan Frecon: recent painting, at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2010.
Installation view of the exhibition Suzan Frecon: recent painting, at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2010.
Installation view of the exhibition Suzan Frecon: recent painting, at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2010.
Installation view of the exhibition Suzan Frecon: recent painting, at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2010.
Installation view of the exhibition Suzan Frecon: recent painting, at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2010.
Installation view of the exhibition Suzan Frecon: recent painting, at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2010.
Installation view of the exhibition Suzan Frecon: recent painting, at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2010.
Installation view of the exhibition Suzan Frecon: recent painting, at David Zwirner in New York, dated 2010.
A painting by Suzan Frecon, titled composition in four colors 2, dated 2010.

Suzan Frecon

composition in four colors 2, 2010
Oil on linen
Overall: 108 x 87 3/8 inches (274.3 x 221.9 cm) Each: 54 x 87 3/8 inches (137.2 x 221.9 cm)
A painting by Suzan Frecon, titled cathedral series, variation 6, dated 2010.

Suzan Frecon

cathedral series, variation 6, 2010
Oil on linen
Overall: 108 x 87 3/8 inches (274.3 x 221.9 cm) Each: 54 x 87 3/8 x inches (137.2 x 221.9 cm)
A painting by Suzan Frecon, titled cathedral series, variation 5 (closer), dated 2009.

Suzan Frecon

cathedral series, variation 5 (closer), 2009
Oil on linen
Overall: 108 x 87 3/8 inches (274.3 x 221.9 cm) Each: 54 x 87 3/8 inches (137.2 x 221.9 cm)
A painting by Suzan Frecon, titled pompeiian persian, dated 2010.

Suzan Frecon

pompeiian persian, 2010
Oil on linen
Overall: 108 x 87 3/8 inches (274.3 x 221.9 cm) Each: 54 x 87 3/8 inches (137.2 x 221.9 cm)
 A painting by Suzan Frecon, titled soforouge, dated 2009.

Suzan Frecon

soforouge, 2009
Oil on linen
Overall: 108 x 87 3/8 inches (274.3 x 221.9 cm) Each: 54 x 87 3/8 inches (137.2 x 221.9 cm)
A painting by Suzan Frecon, titled version 13, dated 2010.

Suzan Frecon

version 13, 2010
Oil on linen
Overall: 108 x 87 3/8 inches (274.3 x 221.9 cm) Each: 54 x 87 3/8 x inches (137.2 x 221.9 cm)
A painting by Suzan Frecon, titled composition in four colors 1, dated 2009.

Suzan Frecon

composition in four colors 1, 2009
Oil on linen
Overall: 108 x 87 3/8 x inches (274.3 x 221.9 cm) Each: 54 x 87 3/8 x inches (137.2 x 221.9 cm)
A painting by Suzan Frecon, titled cathedral series, variation 7, dated 2010.

Suzan Frecon

cathedral series, variation 7, 2010
Oil on wood panel
29 5/8 x 24 x 1 inches (75.2 x 61 x 2.5 cm)
A painting by Suzan Frecon, titled cathedral series, variation 5, dated 2009.

Suzan Frecon

cathedral series, variation 5, 2009
Oil on wood panel
29 5/8 x 24 inches (75.2 x 61 cm)
A painting by Suzan Frecon, titled embodiment of red, version minus 1 trial, dated 2006.

Suzan Frecon

embodiment of red, version minus 1 trial, 2006
Oil on wood panel
10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
A painting by Suzan Frecon, titled embodiment of red, version 5 trial, dated 2006.

Suzan Frecon

embodiment of red, version 5 trial, 2006
Oil on wood panel
10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
A painting by Suzan Frecon, titled embodiment of red, version 3 trial, dated 2007.

Suzan Frecon

embodiment of red, version 3 trial, 2007
Oil on fiberboard
9 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches (24.8 x 19.7 cm)
A painting by Suzan Frecon, titled cathedral series, variation 4, dated 2009.

Suzan Frecon

cathedral series, variation 4, 2009
Oil on wood panel
14 7/8 x 12 inches (37.8 x 30.5 cm)

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