the experience of painting

An installation view of two paintings by Suzan Frecon, titled vermilion mummy and dark lumiere, both dated 2020.

Society for Contemporary Art, Art Institute of Chicago

March 2022

On Wednesday, March 23, Suzan Frecon will give a public lecture hosted by the Society for Contemporary Art at the Art Institute of Chicago titled “the experience of painting.” Known for her abstract oil paintings and works on paper, Frecon’s work is made over long stretches of time, embodying the durational activity of painting itself. Inviting the viewer’s sustained attention, Frecon says that these “are not pictures that you look at. They are paintings that you experience.”  Learn more and register for this virtual lecture at the Society for Contemporary Art.