Ode Bertrand

Edition: French

“Bringing chaos into order” is the challenge that Ode Bertrand pursues through her work. A student, assistant, and confidante of the great Aurelie Nemours for 35 years, her work as a painter also falls within the realm of concrete art, but on different premises: where Nemours explored plane and color, Bertrand focuses on lines, which she uses both as signs and structures to subvert geometric figures defined around the golden ratio, grids, labyrinths, and triangles. Her works, which at first glance appear refined and orderly, reveal an unexpected abundance to the attentive observer and seem to vibrate with an intrinsic life.