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Bernard Aubertin — Tableau Clous (Nail Painting)
Bernard Aubertin

Tableau Clous (Nail Painting)

1970

A densely packed grid of nails driven into a wooden panel creates a rhythmic, tactile surface that transforms an everyday industrial material into a meditative field of repetition. Aubertin's use of nails as both medium and mark reflects his association with the Nouveau Réalisme movement and his lifelong fascination with monochromatic, elemental materials. The work's hypnotic uniformity invites the viewer to consider the tension between manual labor and pure visual sensation, with light playing across the metal points to animate the rigid surface.

Medium
acrylic and nails on panel

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Bernard Aubertin, Tableau Clous (Nail Painting), 1970

A densely packed grid of nails driven into a wooden panel creates a rhythmic, tactile surface that transforms an everyday industrial material into a meditative field of repetition. Aubertin's use of nails as both medium and mark reflects his association with the Nouveau Réalisme movement and his lifelong fascination with monochromatic, elemental materials. The work's hypnotic uniformity invites the viewer to consider the tension between manual labor and pure visual sensation, with light playing across the metal points to animate the rigid surface.

Medium
acrylic and nails on panel
Year
1970
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Monochrome, 20th Century, Kinetic Art, Tactile Surface, Male Artist, Mixed Media, Avant-Garde, Industrial Materials, French Artist, Textural Art, Geometric Abstraction, Monochrome Red, Nail Art, Bold And Intense, Zero Group, Red Palette, Contemporary Art, Nouveau Réalisme, Relief Sculpture, Panel Painting, Textural Relief

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