Daniel Dezeuze

The work

Charnières du temps
(Hinges of Time)
1997
170 x 102 cm
Glycerophthalic paint on wood

The work consists of a latticework of wooden slats similar to a lattice. Hung on the wall, we cannot ascertain the reason for the drops of pink paint that appear to have dripped from the back of the slats and remain inaccessible to the viewer.

The artist

(Alès, Occitaine, France, 1942)

Daniel Dezeuze was part of a group of young painters who founded Support/Surface, a movement that emerged between 1966 and 1970 in the experimental context of the 1960s.
The artists of Support/Surface considered that everything that formed part of the work had equal value and importance: the materials of the frame or the support on which it was painted, as well as the creative gestures and the finished work. The subject matter took a back seat.
Their works aim to be neutral and devoid of lyricism and expressive depth. As Claude Viallat, another member of the movement and whose work is included in the Stämpfli Foundation’s collection, stated: “Dezeuze painted frames without canvas and I painted canvases without frames.”