Multiple object with Japanese paper papyrus by Lore Bert “Quadrat”, 2018, limited edition
Born on July 2, 1936 in Giessen, grew up in Darmstadt. 1953-57 Studied painting, in particular with Hans Uhlmann at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Berlin.
From 1982 he created collages, pictorial objects, transparencies and sculptures with Far Eastern papers on various types of paper, canvas and later wood. From 1984 installations, paper spaces and environments. From 1994, he also added environments with neon writing and neon tubes, and a little later in the form of Egyptian figures and neon spheres, and even entire light spaces. By 2016, more than 125 spaces had been realized in public institutions in Europe, Asia, Africa, Arabia and America.
Constructive forms, architectural elements and numbers form her formal vocabulary, poetic and philosophical writings, logical connections, properties, universal relations and the absolute in its poetic beauty form the intellectual content of her work. Over 250 solo and group exhibitions in more than 26 countries worldwide, published in more than 40 monographs. Works in numerous public and private collections.
Lore Bert has been represented at several biennials and received honorary awards, including as an honorary artist at the Sharjah Biennial (United Arab Emirates) in 1999 and in Izmir (Turkey) in 2011. Her ‘Evento Collaterale’ at the 55th Venice Art Biennale at the Correr Museum in 2013 was named one of the TOP 10 cultural events in Italy and attracted over 105,000 visitors.
Lore Bert lives and works in Mainz and Venice
