David Zwirner is pleased to present S t ud i o C onversat i ons, an exhibition curated by Anaël Pigeat that takes the form of dialogues between three artists chosen to reflect the current Parisian scene and three artists who
have inspired them since their earliest work. Admiration, appropriation, inspiration ... How does one artist view another’s work? What dialogues and playful interactions can emerge between them? The encounters that took place between these painters, ranging from conversation to collaboration, gave rise to exchanges and reflections, friction to resonance.

Christine Safa (b. 1994) spoke with Suzan Frecon (b. 1941), whose work has had a strong influence on her since her early years at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Frecon's work has led Safa toward abstraction despite the recent omnipresence of figurative painting. Together they discussed Early Italian and Minoan art and architecture, the different characteristics of pigments, geometry in painting composition, light and scale, and finally the ungraspable nature of painting.