Known for her numerous abstract paintings, this dedicated artist, a key figure in the 1980s French abstraction revival, produced a series of monotypes on Japanese paper during the recent lockdown. Revealing another aspect of the art Frydman explores in the secrecy of her studio.
In the calm, soft cocoon of her studio lying in the heart of a lush verdant setting some 9 miles (15 km) from Rambouillet, near Paris, the artist talks about the past year. "I made the most of the first lockdown during the health crisis to create a series of monotypes on Japanese paper. At the same time, it was the perfect opportunity to sort out my studio. While working on this, with help from my assistant Chloé, I came across these very intimate drawings in some old boxes dating between 1976 and 1983, which I had almost forgotten about, and never shown. My assistant got very excited about the drawings and insisted I exhibit them. Many young women of her generation who came to visit me in the studio had the same powerful reaction. I would never have thought that this could result in an exhibition."
All in all, 200 drawings from this period of reflection have been unearthed from her archives. Three of them, in bright colors, displayed on a large table, laud it. They illustrate…
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