Title: Ode Bertrand :
Authors: Bertrand, Ode,; Baby, Vincent,; Montaudoüin, Évelyne de,
Date: 2015
Publisher: Skira,
Physical description: 143 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Language: French
LC classification: N
Abstract: "Ode Bertrand is a mater of lines. All of them: whether fine or straight, horizontal, vertical or oblique, juxtaposed or crossed. They are black, always, and traced onto a white surface with such exactitude, such perfect precision. Her works are painted, even though the lines are produced with an instrument that is not a brush but a ruling pen. And yet, these are not drawings though the technique and the rendition might suggest that they are. It seems only natural that Ode Bertrand should devote part of her creative activities to works on paper. The reason for this publication, which includes an introduction by Vincent Baby as well as an interview of the artist by Évelyne de Montaudöuin, is to present for the first time and quite extensively Ode Bertrand's works on paper. You shall discover the array of her techniques; from acrylic paint to graphite--including collage--the varying thicknesses of the lines that meet, crossover, or run their course; how she insists on the pattern placed on the page, or instead on networks that cover the entire surface of the sheet. You will also discover how she has evolved since her informal style of 1973, to her systematic investigation of geometric shapes traced again and again. And always, with the same pleasure."--Back cover.
Subject headings (LCSH): Artists--France--Interviews.; Bertrand, Ode--Catalogs.; Bertrand, Ode--Interviews.; Bertrand, Ode.; Catalogs.; Interviews.; Line (Art); Line (Art)--Catalogs.