FRANCES BARTH: A PAINTING CONVERSATION 55 YEARS

April 25 – June 6, 2025

On view Monday-Friday, 10am-5pm by appointment.

447 Space is pleased to present Frances Barth: A Painting Conversation 55 Years. Barth is an American visual artist best known for paintings situated between abstraction, landscape, and mapping and in her later career, additionally video and narrative works. Since the early 1970s, Barth has explored the possibilities of meaning and metaphor within abstract paintings employing complex pictorial spaces and multiple points of view. The twenty-one paintings selected for this exhibition create a “conversation” from 1970 to 2025.

This exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue with an essay by Karen Wilkin, and a memoire by Frances Barth. 

To visit the exhibition, book an appointment here.

Image: Detail of Pink Coach, 2024, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 40 inches.