Frenchman Bernard Frize"s paintings are bright, colorful, contradictory and based on impossibilities. His work consists of stripes, checks and patterned surfaces that arise directly from his choice of tools and techniques: "I opt for a way of working, and the painting is simply a result of that". Light intelligence resonates throughout this catalogue; each spread is devoted to one painting and a witty text providing a head-on justification of painting in today"s artistic climate.