Picture "Dessin de Feu" (2010) (Unique piece)
Picture "Dessin de Feu" (2010) (Unique piece)
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unique piece | signed | dated | mixed media on wood | size 70 x 70 cm
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Picture "Dessin de Feu" (2010) (Unique piece)
In 1969, Bernard Aubertin wrote in his artistic manifesto: "Through red, I feel like identifying with fire, with this fire that I wish to possess and that I actually should appropriate four years later." The Kunsthaus ARTES is pleased to offer a recent example of these powerful coloured works entitled "Dessin de Feu" (Drawing of Fire) from 2010.
Acrylic, matches, and traces of fire on wood, 2010. Signed and dated on the back. With a photo certificate from the artist and photo expertise from the Archivio Opere Bernard Aubertin, Brescia, confirming that the work is a unique piece and registered there with the number DFER01-100076523. Size 70 x 70 cm.
About Bernard Aubertin
1934-2015
The French artist Bernard Aubertin belonged to the ZERO movement and took part in documenta 6 in 1977. His encounter with Yves Klein was a decisive experience. From then on, Aubertin committed himself to a monochrome way of working that made the colour red the main subject of his artistic oeuvre. He created panel paintings through which the artist inserted nails to cover these nail structures with red paint and thick, impasto application using a variety of techniques.
In 1969, Aubertin wrote in his artistic manifesto: "Through the colour red, I have the feeling of identifying with the fire, with this fire, which I would like to possess and which, in fact, I was to acquire four years later." Experts predict a renaissance for the artist; his work has so far been considered underrated and for that reason alone has the potential to increase in value.
Term for paintings and sculptures that are detached from the representational depiction, which spread throughout the entire western and parts of the eastern world from around 1910 onwards in ever new stylistic variations. The Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky, born in 1866, is considered the founder of abstract art. Other important artists of abstract art are K.S. Malewitsch, Piet Mondrian, and others.
Graphic artwork in the making of which the artist combines at least two graphic techniques.
A one-of-a-kind or unique piece is a work of art that has been personally created by the artist. It exists only once due to the type of production (oil painting, watercolours, drawing, etc.).
In addition to the classic unique pieces, there exist the so-called "serial unique pieces". They present a series of works with the same colour, motif and technique, manually prepared by the same artist. The serial unique pieces are rooted in "serial art", a type of modern art, that aims to create an aesthetic effect through series, repetitions and variations of the same objects or themes or a system of constant and variable elements or principles.
In the history of arts, the starting point of this trend was the work "Les Meules" (1890/1891) by Claude Monet, in which for the first time a series was created that went beyond a mere group of works. The other artists, who addressed to the serial art, include Claude Monet, Piet Mondrian and above all Gerhard Richter.