10/05/2025
Great essay on the conceptual role of frames within contemporary art by .
As artists we’re sensitive to the entwined nature of contemporary art’s material and conceptual qualities; as framers, we know that a frame can either amplify (or diminish) those qualities.
If you’ve something in mind for a work of your own, we can help you with its ex*****on and with making sure that the framing will also protect the work into the future.
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“Frames are finally back in the spotlight—call it bordercore. A new wave of contemporary art is reconsidering the frame as a central character, one that is surreal, sculptural, and symbolic. Artists are using the border not just to contain, but to comment, disrupt, or extend the work beyond itself. This is driven by an embrace of more bespoke, historic artistic processes, but also, as a rebuttal to the superflat virtual age. More and more, paintings have been appearing at fairs and in exhibitions with statement frames, after a long era of often-frameless display. If for previous generations, the frame was a liability that could detract from the cerebral, intellectual, and aesthetic experience of the canvas, artists today are creating frames that attempt to pull us back into bodily reality, a haptic experience of art.”
