Ode Bertrand. "Le Vertical IV", 1998. 75 x 50cm

Ode Bertrand. "Le Vertical IV", 1998. 75 x 50cm

Ode Bertrand. "Le Vertical IV", 1998. Close-up.

Ode Bertrand. "Le Vertical IV", 1998. Close-up.

Installation view.

Installation view.

Installation view.

Installation view.

Ode Bertrand. "Plan III", 1989.50 x 50 cm

Ode Bertrand. "Plan III", 1989.50 x 50 cm

Ode Bertrand. "Plan III", 1989. Close-up.

Ode Bertrand. "Plan III", 1989. Close-up.

Installation view.

Installation view.

E. Asins. "Fragmento de D 24 6", 1980. 156 x 330 cm

E. Asins. "Fragmento de D 24 6", 1980. 156 x 330 cm

E. Asins. "Cuarteto prusiano KV 575", 1997
80 x 130 x 3 cm

E. Asins. "Cuarteto prusiano KV 575", 1997 80 x 130 x 3 cm

Installation view.

Installation view.

Ode Bertrand. "Le losange", 2010. 120 x 80 cm

Ode Bertrand. "Le losange", 2010. 120 x 80 cm

Installation view.

Installation view.

Installation view.

Installation view.

Elena Asins.  Dolmens, 1994. Model. 20 x 20 cm

Elena Asins. Dolmens, 1994. Model. 20 x 20 cm

Elena Asins.  "Dolmen"s, 1994. Model. 20 x 20 cm 2

Elena Asins. "Dolmen"s, 1994. Model. 20 x 20 cm 2

Ode Bertrand. "Scherzo V", 2013.Canvas. 60 x 60 cm

Ode Bertrand. "Scherzo V", 2013.Canvas. 60 x 60 cm

Elena Asins. "F.M.W 6.85 Scale", 1985. 158 x 103 cm

Elena Asins. "F.M.W 6.85 Scale", 1985. 158 x 103 cm

Elena Asins. "F.M.W 6.85 Scale", 1985. Close-up.

Elena Asins. "F.M.W 6.85 Scale", 1985. Close-up.

Elena Asins. "F.M.W 6.85 Scale", 1985. Close-up.

Elena Asins. "F.M.W 6.85 Scale", 1985. Close-up.

Installation view.

Installation view.

Ode Bertrand. "Thulé XV", 1991. Oil on canvas. 65 x 50 cm

Ode Bertrand. "Thulé XV", 1991. Oil on canvas. 65 x 50 cm

Ode Bertrand. "Thulé", 1991. Oil on canvas. 65 x 50 cm

Ode Bertrand. "Thulé", 1991. Oil on canvas. 65 x 50 cm

Ode Bertrand. "Thulé VI", 1991. Oil on canvas. 65 x 50 cm

Ode Bertrand. "Thulé VI", 1991. Oil on canvas. 65 x 50 cm

Installation view.

Installation view.

Installation view.

Installation view.

Elena Asins. "2 in 2 Perspective Scale 33" , 1989.  21 x 210 cm

Elena Asins. "2 in 2 Perspective Scale 33" , 1989. 21 x 210 cm

Installation view. Ode Bertrand. "Angles effaceś", 2021.

Installation view. Ode Bertrand. "Angles effaceś", 2021.

Ode Bertrand. "Equerre II", 2016. 80 x 80 cm

Ode Bertrand. "Equerre II", 2016. 80 x 80 cm

Asins & Bertrand - Geometric Variations

Elena Asins & Ode Bertrand

from March 2, 2024 to May 18, 2024

Geometric Variations highlights the careers of two artists, Spanish-born artist Elena Asins, a pioneer of computer coding applied to art, and French-born artist Ode Bertrand, key figure of Geometric Abstraction, in a face-to-face scenography: two views, two ways of perceiving modernity are called into question and dialogue with each other.

 

This stimulating new reading of the work of Elena Asins in dialogue with the works of Ode Bertrand highlights their aesthetic complicity, their common subjects but also their contrasts. This juxtaposition of works makes it possible to observe the differences in artistic achievements from a pictorial point of view. Both perceptible and intangible, their research leading to a brilliant creativity rests on a certain ambiguity between the concrete and the unspoken, between statism and movement, at the crossroads of lines.

 

A graphic demonstration astutely calibrated of the infinite number of compositions and visual effects that can be achieved by the pure drawing of a line, offering a vibrant geometric conversation.

 

Marie Sophie Lemoine

Exhibition curator

 

Press release

Exhibition overview