Bark Frameworks LLC

Specialties

Bark Frameworks is one of the world’s foremost framers of contemporary, modern, and Impressionist art — an invaluable resource to artists, art world professionals, collectors, and interior designers. The company specializes in framing the Impressionism period forward; custom-​made mirror frames are also a specialty.

Every Bark frame is designed and built in-​house. The company’s 27,000 square foot facility – which houses a showroom, design and preservation studios, a woodshop, metal shop, and gilding studio – is conveniently located in Long Island City.

Our staff are trained in conservation framing practice and use only the highest quality archival materials. Our designers work closely with each client and welcome collaboration. Whether the frame is one we create today, or one of our first simple profiles from the early 70s, all are of our own design.

History

Established in 1969.

Bark Frameworks was founded 45 years ago in Jared Bark’s SoHo loft. Our showroom and workshops are now housed in our restored and climate-​controlled building in Long Island City.

Bark Frameworks pursues innovative design while maintaining the highest standards of preservation framing practices. These two commitments – to the esthetics of frame design, and to the preservation of works framed – define Bark’s mission as a business.

Meet the Business Owner

Jared B.

Business Owner

Jared Bark established Bark Frameworks out of a desire to frame the work of his contemporaries with an unobtrusive eye. He focused on using archival materials and methods for preserving art, receiving essential support in this pursuit from New York’s community of art conservation professionals.

Over the years he has designed frames for artists including Jasper Johns, Ellsworth Kelley, and Robert Rauschenberg. He has worked on groundbreaking exhibitions for museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

In 2009, Bark co-​authored, with Elizabeth Easton, «Pictures Properly Framed: Degas and Innovation in Impressionist Frames,» published in The Burlington Magazine. Bark also wrote an essay about framing van Gogh’s The Night Café (1888) published in the IFAR Journal in 2013. An artist in his own right, Bark’s work was recently shown in the exhibition «Rituals of Rented Island» at the Whitney Museum of American Art.