The Conversation

I imagine how I would justify this work to John Singer Sargent. He died in 1925.

This work uses the elements of design to make abstract paintings. I am convinced studying the principles of design helped my work as an artist. For years, I wondered if design intersected with fine art, or if the two were divorced and to never marry.

Michael Freiman: "Hey, John do you like these?"

John Singer Sargent: "Are these paintings?"

Michael Freiman: "Yeah, these are prints too."

JSS: "And what are these about?"

MF: "These are pictures of places. The places are actual and virtual."

JSS: "I see. What goes on at these places?"

MF: "Yeah. Each picture is a memory of a story. The color represents the place of the story. The lines are a grid to bring structure to the place. The black type, the letters, fly like birds. I imagine these letters, flying around forming words, flying around telling the story."