Jean-Marie Bertholin
Jean-Marie Bertholin (* 1936 in Granges-sur-Vologne , Département Vosges ) is a French object artist .
Life
Bertholin worked as a nurse in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges from 1952 . As an artist he is self-taught . He has been working with gauze bandages since 1960, and he calls the resulting objects objets noirs . Steles and blocks are often made of paper, they are treated with water, fire or lacquer and look like concrete or other durable materials. The paper comes from paper mills in the Vosges .
Many of his art objects are destroyed by himself. Bertholin regards his art as oneː
" Ephemeral trace of my passing"
- Bertholin
Exhibitions (selection)
- 2004: Attraversare Genova. Percorsi e linguaggi internazionali del contemporaneo Museo d'arte contemporanea Villa Croce , Genoa
- 1977: documenta 6 , Kassel
- 1971: Paris Biennale
literature
- Jean-Marie Bertholin. Text by Father Le Nouëne. 1992, ISBN 2-910850-15-3 .
- Jean-Marie Bertholin, Andreas Franzke : Bertholin objects: Badischer Kunstverein . 1978.
- Günter Metken : Securing evidence : Art as anthropology and self-exploration - fictional sciences in contemporary art. DuMont, Cologne 1977, ISBN 3-7701-0945-6 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ FRAC Jean-Marie Bertholin accessed on February 7, 2015 (French)
- ^ Catalog for documenta 6. Volume 1, p. 256: Painting, Plastic / Environment, Performance. 1977, ISBN 3-920453-00-X .
- ↑ Securing evidence in child sizes. In: Der Spiegel. 7/1978, accessed February 7, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bertholin, Jean-Marie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French object artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Granges-sur-Vologne , Vosges department |