Elizabeth Enders at Real Art Ways
Come In! Elizabeth Enders Recent Work, at Real Art Ways in Hartford, CT and the Lyman Allyn Art Museum in New London, CT September 2015 - January 2016 Elizabeth Enders recently worked with Bark Frameworks ...
Two Exhibitions Curated by Ellsworth Kelly
The Monet/Kelly Exhibition at The Clark Art Institute November 23, 2014 - February 16, 2015 "I develop detailed framing specifications, including materials and construction and every detail is important. I want the frame to disappear; but good framing can help unify an exhibition or ...
Reframing the Whitney’s Masterworks, Andy Battaglia, The Wall Street Journal
April 27, 2015 When the Whitney Museum of American Art opens on Friday, the event will follow much deliberation over how to reframe its collection—literally. In addition to building a gleaming $422-million tower in the Meatpacking District and conceiving new practices as a museum for the future, the ...
When Framing Damages Art: Mat Burn
We were recently asked to re-frame a watercolor whose subject was the Hudson River town of Haverstraw, NY. The picture was painted in 1944, and was most recently framed in the 1960s. Here is the watercolor in its previous mat and frame, from the ...
Creating a Unique Finish for a Gilded Frame
We were recently asked to propose frame ideas for a study of a woman painted by Nigerian artist Yusuf Adebayo Cameron Grillo. Our designer conceived a strong and simple border–a deep rail and panel frame, whose relative severity was to be moderated by a ...
Frames for Three Degas Pastels (Part 2 of 2)
Framing for "Danseuse Buste, 1897" To frame the Degas pastel we discussed in our last Newsletter, we made a profile that was closely related to three drawings from his sketchbooks. As we noted, a few original Degas frames of this genre still can be ...
Framing 3-D Objects: Rough Riders Belt Buckle
We generally frame paintings and works on paper at Bark Frameworks—drawings, prints and photographs. However, we have the design capability and specialized craftspeople to frame almost anything. During our 45 year history, we’ve framed boxing gloves signed by Muhammad Ali, skateboards, Oreo cookies, an entire ...
Helen Frankenthaler at Gagosian Gallery
Helen Frankenthaler, Composing with Color: Paintings 1962–1963 Gagosian Gallery - Uptown (New York) September 11 - October 18, 2014 “Helen Frankenthaler: Composing with Color: Paintings 1962-63” explores a pivotal time in the painter’s career ...
Frames for Three Degas Pastels (Part 1 of 2)
A recent Bark Frameworks job that involved framing three Degas pastels. This is Part I of a two-part article. Part II will appear in the October 2014 Newsletter. Edgar Degas was an inventive designer of frames. In several of his notebooks from 1879-1884 appear ...
Gregory Crewdson at Wave Hill
Gregory Crewdson: "Fireflies" at Wave Hill August 2014 “I began working with Bark Frameworks in 2006, when they framed my Fireflies series. These pictures are small, intimate and one-of-a-kind. The frames were elegant and subtle and served to echo the mood of the work ...