Bernard Aubertin Explained

Bernard Aubertin
Birth Date:	29 July 1934
Birth Place:	Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
Death Place:	Reutlingen, Germany
Known For:	Painting
Movement:	Zero

Bernard Aubertin (in French pronounced as /bɛʁnaʁ obɛʁtɛ̃/) was a French artist born in 1934 in Fontenay-aux-Roses, France. He died in August 2015 in Reutlingen, Germany.

He met Yves Klein in 1957 and joined the Zero movement during the 1960–1961 period.^[1]

One of his texts, (″Esquisse de la situation picturale du rouge dans un concept spatial″) was published in the Zero magazine, vol 3. July 1961.^{[2] [3]}

He is known for his red monochromes (1958),^[4] paint and nails on panel, fire paintings, and performance arts.

His works were shown at various major art exhibitions: Documenta 6, Kassel, Germany, 1977.^[5] 54th Venice Biennale, Italy, 2011.^[6] Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France, 2012.^[7]

Solo exhibitions

2017:

• Bernard Aubertin Situazione Pittorica del Rosso, opere degli anni sessanta e settanta, ABC-ARTE Gallery, Genoa^[8]
• In Memoriam – Hommage à Bernard Aubertin (1934-2015), galerie Jean Brolly, Paris

2016:

• Bernard Aubertin, Leeahn Gallery, Seoul^[9]
• RED | The Estate of Bernard Aubertin, De Buck gallery, New York^[10]

2015:

• Bernard Aubertin et Bernard Rancillac: de rouge à rouge, galerie Jean Brolly, Paris
• Bernard Aubertin: Von ZERO bis heute, Galerie Heinz Holtmann, Cologne^[11]

2014:

• Bernard Aubertin und Zeitgenossen, galerie Maulberger, Munich^[12]
• Bon anniversaire Bernard!, galerie Jean Brolly, Paris

2013:

• Zéro Paris-Düsseldorf, Passage de Retz. Paris
• La nature des choses, MAMAC (Musée d'art moderne et d'art contemporain de Nice), Nice

2012:

• Livres brûlés, Galerie Jean Brolly, Paris
• Tout feu tout flamme, Tornabuoni Art, Paris
• Rouge, galerie Jean Brolly, Paris
• Bernard Aubertin – Works from 1958-1989, The Mayor Gallery, London^[13]

2010:

• Tableaux feu et monochromes, galerie Jean Brolly, Paris

2009:

• 75 x Aubertin, Stiftung für konkrete Kunst, Reutlingen^[14]

2006:

• Bernard Aubertin. Peintures monochromes, galerie Jean Brolly, Paris
• Bernard Aubertin. Le rouge total, Galleria CIDAC Arte, Brescia, Italy^{[15] [16]}

Collective exhibitions

2016:

• Cobra tot Zero, coll. Roetgering, in Museum Flehite en Mondriaanhuis in Amersfoort, Holland^[17]

2014:

• Rood Aubertin Rouge, (with Bernard Aubertin, Leo Erb, Jan Schoonhoven), Museum Belvedere Heerenveen, Holland
• ZERO Countdown to tomorrow, 1950s–60s, Guggenheim, New York^[18]

2015:

• ZERO Let us explore the stars, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam^[19]
• ZERO The International Art Movement of the 50s and 60s, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin^[20]

2011:

• La Pittura brucia Galeria Bonioni, Reggio Emilia (Italy)
• Le feu et le rouge Studio F22 Modern Art Gallery, Brescia (Italy)

2010:

• Plein feux Galerie Arlette Gimray, Paris
• Tableaux feu — Monochrome Galerie Jean Brolly, Paris
• Il Fuoco et Il Rosso Galeria d'Arte Rosenberg, Milan
• Piano et violon brûlés Fondazione Berardelli, Brescia (Italy)

2007:

• ZERO. Avant-garde internationale des années 1950-1960, Musée d'art moderne, Saint-Étienne
• 2003 Seeing Red Hunter, College Art Galleries, New York City

External links

• Archivio Opere Bernard Aubertin di Giancarlo Rovetta. Archive of Bernard Aubertin works
• Unlimited art performance by Bernard Aubertin at the Liassidi Palace during the Venice Biennale, 2nd of June 2011. Video by art critic and curator dr Alain Chivilò

Notes and References

1. Bernard Aubertin in ″Bernard Aubertin, la nature des choses″, MAMAC Nice. Cudemo Edition 2013, Page 9
2. http://www.leeahngallery.com/exhi/ex_press.php?e_code=107&ckattempt=1 Leeahn Gallery, text
3. Web site: Art Collection Luxembourg - Expositions passées . Galerie F. Hessler . fr . 22 December 2017.
4. Carte Blanche à la galerie Jean Brolly 2009. Edition Ecole des beaux-arts de Rennes, page 6 http://www.eesab.fr/sites/default/files/atoms/files/publications_rennes_2015_0.pdf
5. Web site: documenta 6 - Retrospective . documenta . 2 October 1977 . 22 December 2017.
6. http://www.worldcat.org/title/evoluzione/oclc/746756081#relatedsubjects Worldcat Notes
7. http://preprod.palaisdetokyo.com/en/event/bernard-aubertin Palais de Tokyo, Bernard Aubertin exhibition
8. Web site: Bernard Aubertin - Exhibitions ABC ARTE.
9. http://www.leeahngallery.com/art/art_works.php?a_code=42 Leeahn Gallery, Bernard Aubertin's page
10. Web site: RED - The Estate of Bernard Aubertin . De Buck Gallery . 22 December 2017.
11. http://www.galerie-holtmann.de/en/ausstellungen/vergangene-ausstellungen/ausstellungen-2015.html Galerie Holtmann
12. Web site: Maulberger Gallery . 2017-11-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180207122905/http://www.maulberger.de/de/ausstellung/2014-bernard-aubertin--und-zeitgenossen.html . 2018-02-07 . dead .
13. http://www.mayorgallery.com/exhibitions/71/overview/ Mayor Gallerie, Bernard Aubertin exhibition
14. http://www.stiftungkonkretekunst.de/ Stiftung für Konkrete Kunst
15. Web site: Bernard Aubertin "Galerie Jean Brolly".
16. Web site: Bernard Aubertin "De Buck Gallery".
17. https://museumflehite.nl/tentoonstellingen/10825208/cobra-tot-zero Museum Flehite
18. https://www.guggenheim.org/exhibition/zero-countdown-to-tomorrow-1950s60s-2 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
19. http://www.stedelijk.nl/en/exhibitions/zero-let-us-explore-the-stars Stedelijk Museum, Zero exhibition
20. https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/en/aktuell/festivals/gropiusbau/programm_mgb/veranstaltungsdetail_mgb_ausstellungen_109717.php Martin Gropius Bau exhibition