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On view in the exhibition are a group of paintings that examine various aspects of contemporary existence, reflecting on the human condition and the increasing fragmentation of society. Using this notion of fragmentation as both a conceptual and pictorial framework, Franz explores the inherent contradictions of modern life. In this latest body of work, Franz creates open-ended narratives that provoke the boundaries between work and leisure, the transient and permanent, the monumental and the invisible.

For Franz, painting is a necessarily slow and thoughtful process. Inspired variously by …