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Bernard Frize and Günter Umberg at Fondation Fernet-Branca

exhibition · 2026-04-24

The Fondation Fernet-Branca in Saint-Louis, France, reopened after renovations with a dual exhibition featuring Bernard Frize and Günter Umberg, running from May 17 to October 4, 2015. The show was organized by new director Pierre-Jean Surgier. The renovated spaces provided a vast setting for the works of these two abstract painters, contrasting Frize's systematic, process-based canvases with Umberg's monochrome, color-field panels.

Key facts

  • Exhibition at Fondation Fernet-Branca, Saint-Louis
  • Dates: May 17 – October 4, 2015
  • Featured artists: Bernard Frize and Günter Umberg
  • New director: Pierre-Jean Surgier
  • Exhibition marked reopening after renovations
  • Renovated spaces described as 'vast'
  • Exhibition described as 'ambitious'
  • Published in artpress n°425, September 2015

Entities

Artists

  • Bernard Frize
  • Günter Umberg

Institutions

  • Fondation Fernet-Branca
  • artpress

Locations

  • Saint-Louis
  • France

Sources