4000 - Lore Bert, "Oktaeder"

Lore Bert, "Oktaeder" minimalist composition comprising silver foil, cardboard bearing the inscription "Oktaeder" and a red dot, mounted on handmade paper, signed and dated "Lore Bert 2013" in the bottom right-hand corner, mounted in a passe-partout and framed behind glass, sheet dimensions approx. 14.5 x 10.5 cm. Artist’s biography: German visual artist (born 1936 in Gießen, lives in Mainz and Venice); studied painting from 1953 to 1957 at the Werkkunstschule Darmstadt and the Berlin University of the Arts, amongst others, under Hans Uhlmann; later focused on object art, sculpture, collages and large-scale spatial installations using Far Eastern papers; since the 1980s, has developed sculptures and environments in paper, neon and gold leaf; works explore space, form, numbers and symbols as well as cultural references; over 250 solo and group exhibitions in more than 25 countries; has been represented at biennales on numerous occasions, including as an artist of honour in Sharjah and Izmir, and with a collateral event in Venice; works held in numerous public and private collections; in 2017, awarded the Medal of the City of Lublin for outstanding artistic achievement. Source: Gallery and exhibition texts on Lore Bert, including Galerie Roy, Galerie Schrade and DE-Lexikon.