{"title":"Bernard Aubertin","description":"\u003cp\u003eWorks by Bernard Aubertin available at The New Rare.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"aubertin-bischoffshausen-prantl-schoonhoven-galerie-heide-hildebrand-klagenfurt-1967","title":"Aubertin \/ Bischoffshausen \/ Prantl \/ Schoonhoven — Galerie Heide Hildebrand, Klagenfurt, 1967","description":"\u003cp\u003eFolded exhibition announcement for a four-artist exhibition at Galerie Heide Hildebrand, Klagenfurt, 4–30 September 1967. Vernissage: Saturday 2 September, 20:00.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFolded offset-printed sheet on lightweight stock, 21 × 15 cm folded; approximately 21 × 30 cm open. Glossy printed exterior, buff\/matte interior. Artist names printed across the outer faces — Bernard Aubertin, Hans Bischoffshausen, Karl Prantl, J. J. Schoonhoven — with a brown-mauve accent to the letter “n” in each surname. Gallery details reduced to a single line at the lower edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA restrained late-1960s gallery document operating through typography, orientation, and distribution. The grouping places the piece in proximity to the wider ZERO \/ Nul field without overstating the exhibition as such. An invitation, but also a small record of alignment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVariant: folded printed version. Other states or accompanying formats may have been issued.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCondition: light handling wear, soft creasing, minor edge wear, pencil notation to upper right, and light age toning. Clean overall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e£75 — price includes shipping and handling. Flat-packed dispatch. Tracked.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The New Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53170872549714,"sku":"TNR-GHH-1967-ABPS","price":75.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Galerie_Heide_Hildebrand_1967_0001.jpg?v=1775780776"},{"product_id":"bernard-aubertin-le-feu-de-la-couleur-espace-de-lart-concret-1994","title":"Bernard Aubertin — Le feu de la couleur, Espace de l’Art Concret, Château de Mouans, 1994","description":"\u003cp\u003eExhibition invitation card\u003cbr\u003eEspace de l’Art Concret, Château de Mouans, Mouans-Sartoux\u003cbr\u003e3 July – 20 November 1994\u003cbr\u003e10 × 20.5 cm · Offset print on card stock\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e good vintage condition. Light surface rubbing, handling marks, faint age toning, minor edge wear, pencil notation to upper left.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIssued for \u003cem\u003eLe feu de la couleur\u003c\/em\u003e, an homage to Bernard Aubertin with friends of the ZERO movement. The recto carries the institutional text in red throughout — invitation, dates, address, logo. The verso repeats “Bernard Aubertin” across the entire surface in dense red rows. Name becomes pattern. Artist becomes surface. Announcement becomes typographic monochrome.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAubertin’s practice centred on red, fire, combustion, and monochrome surfaces. Red was not decorative; it operated as energy and material event. His work sits within the postwar ZERO movement alongside Yves Klein, Heinz Mack, Otto Piene, and Günther Uecker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA retained exhibition object from the afterlife of ZERO. Shipping included.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The New Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53595785888082,"sku":"AUBERTIN-EAC-INV-1994","price":85.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Aubertin_Bernard._Show_invite_le_feu_de_la_couleur_the_fire_of_colour_._1994.jpg?v=1780030286"},{"product_id":"bernard-aubertin-rebus-galleria-florence-1977","title":"Bernard Aubertin — Rebus Galleria d’Arte Contemporanea, Florence, 1977","description":"\u003cp\u003eExhibition invitation card\u003cbr\u003eRebus Galleria d’Arte Contemporanea, Via della Fortezza 9\/r, Florence\u003cbr\u003eOpening: 16 December 1977, 21:30\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRed letterpress-style typography on textured cream handmade-style paper\u003cbr\u003e10 × 22 cm · Single sheet, printed recto only; verso blank\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e good vintage condition. Light age toning, minor corner wear, and handling marks. The marks remain part of the record: evidence of circulation, storage, handling, and transfer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginal invitation issued for a solo exhibition by Bernard Aubertin at Rebus Galleria d’Arte Contemporanea, Florence, opening 16 December 1977 at 21:30. The card announces the artist’s presence at the opening and notes that a catalogue would be available through the gallery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is no image, no reproduction, no attempt to explain the work. Only a name, a date, a gallery, a city. The invitation functions almost as an administrative monochrome: red text on cream paper, reduced to the minimum information required for an exhibition to occur. The handmade-style paper and letterpress-like red typography give the card a fine-press quality, placing it closer to a small printed object than a disposable gallery notice. Red becomes both information and field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy 1977, Aubertin’s work was already established within the broader history of European monochrome, post-minimal, and ZERO-related practice — in dialogue with Yves Klein, Otto Piene, and the wider postwar movement toward reduction as both image and event.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRebus Gallery material appears infrequently on the secondary market, and Aubertin ephemera from the 1970s surfaces far less often than later catalogues and publications. A retained exhibition object from a specific event in Florence, never intended to survive beyond its immediate function.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShipping and handling included.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The New Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53595811283282,"sku":"AUBERTIN-REBUS-INV-1977","price":100.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Aubertin_Bernard._Show_invite._1977.jpg?v=1780031876"}],"url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/collections\/bernard-aubertin.oembed","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}