Bernard Aubertin () was a French artist born in 1934 in Fontenay-aux-Roses, France. He died in August 2015 in Reutlingen, Germany.
Biography He met Yves Klein in 1957 and joined the Zero movement during the 1960–1961 period.Bernard Aubertin in ″Bernard Aubertin, la nature des choses″, MAMAC Nice. Cudemo Edition 2013, Page 9
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.Leeahn Gallery, text
He is known for his red monochromes (1958),Carte Blanche à la galerie Jean Brolly 2009. Edition Ecole des beaux-arts de Rennes , page 6 paint and nails on panel, fire paintings, and performance arts.
His works were shown at various major art exhibitions: Documenta 6, Kassel, Germany, 1977. 54th Venice Biennale, Italy, 2011.Worldcat Notes Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France, 2012.Palais de Tokyo, Bernard Aubertin exhibition
Solo exhibitions 2017: Bernard Aubertin Situazione Pittorica del Rosso, opere degli anni sessanta e settanta, ABC-ARTE Gallery, Genoa In Memoriam – Hommage à Bernard Aubertin (1934-2015), galerie Jean Brolly, Paris
2016: Bernard Aubertin, Leeahn Gallery, SeoulLeeahn Gallery, Bernard Aubertin's page RED | The Estate of Bernard Aubertin, De Buck gallery, New York
2015: Bernard Aubertin et Bernard Rancillac: de rouge à rouge, galerie Jean Brolly, Paris Bernard Aubertin: Von ZERO bis heute, Galerie Heinz Holtmann, CologneGalerie Holtmann
2014: Bernard Aubertin und Zeitgenossen, galerie Maulberger, Munich 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, LondonMayor Gallerie, Bernard Aubertin exhibition
2010: Tableaux feu et monochromes, galerie Jean Brolly, Paris
2009: 75 x Aubertin, Stiftung für konkrete Kunst, ReutlingenStiftung für Konkrete Kunst
2006: Bernard Aubertin. Peintures monochromes, galerie Jean Brolly, Paris Bernard Aubertin. Le rouge total, Galleria CIDAC Arte, Brescia, Italy
Collective exhibitions
2016: Cobra tot Zero, coll. Roetgering, in Museum Flehite en Mondriaanhuis in Amersfoort, HollandMuseum Flehite 2014: Rood Aubertin Rouge, (with Bernard Aubertin, Leo Erb, Jan Schoonhoven), Museum Belvedere Heerenveen, Holland ZERO Countdown to tomorrow, 1950s–60s, Guggenheim, New YorkSolomon R. Guggenheim Museum
2015: ZERO Let us explore the stars, Stedelijk Museum, AmsterdamStedelijk Museum, Zero exhibition ZERO The International Art Movement of the 50s and 60s, Martin Gropius Bau, BerlinMartin Gropius Bau exhibition 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
References
External links
Archivio Opere Bernard Aubertin di Giancarlo Rovetta. Archive of Bernard Aubertin works