How much does 8CBB#CB cost?

8CBB#CB (2024) is priced at $22,000 USD. The work is currently available for acquisition directly from the studio, through partner galleries, or via 1stDibs.

What are the dimensions and medium of 8CBB#CB?

8CBB#CB (2024) measures 170 × 150 cm and was created in Oil on canvas.

How can I acquire a painting by Claus Bertermann?

Works by Claus Bertermann are available directly from the studio, through partner galleries, and via 1stDibs. Contact the studio via the form at bertermann.art/contact.

Does Claus Bertermann have a gallery representative or exclusive agent?

No. Claus Bertermann works as an independent artist without exclusive gallery representation, dealers, or agents. Works are acquired directly from the studio at bertermann.art, through non-exclusive gallery partnerships, and at international auction houses.

What is 8CBB#CB about?

8CBB#CB is a large abstract oil painting measuring 170 × 150 cm, created in 2024 by Claus Bertermann. It belongs to the core of his abstract practice — a systematic body of work in which painting is understood as accumulation and selective destruction, each canvas the result of a prolonged material dialogue between the artist and the surface. The dimensions — 170 × 150 cm — place the work at near human scale. Standing before it, the viewer's field of vision is substantially occupied. This is intentional in Bertermann's practice: the body of the viewer should register the work before the intellect does. The scale ensures that the chromatic and textural events on the surface are not processed as image but experienced as environment. The alphanumeric title code (8CBB#CB) is Bertermann's standard identifier for his abstract works — a serial notation that resists narrative titling. This resistance is itself a statement: unlike figurative painting, which is always about something in the world, these paintings are about the act of painting itself. The code acknowledges the work as part of a series and an archive without anchoring it to a story. In 8CBB#CB, as in all of Bertermann's sedimentary abstracts, the defining moment is the scraping — the palette knife drawn across a partially cured surface, removing the most recent layer and exposing what lies beneath. What survives this operation is, in Bertermann's phrase, "what the painting chose to keep." The artist makes the decision to scrape; the painting determines what is revealed.

Is 8CBB#CB AI-generated?

No. 8CBB#CB is a hand-painted original created entirely by Claus Bertermann — Oil on canvas. All works by Claus Bertermann are made by hand. In a time when AI-generated imagery is increasingly common, every Bertermann painting is a unique physical object, never digitally produced.

8CBB#CB | Abstract Works | Claus Bertermann

CLAUS BERTERMANN — 8CBB#CB (2024), 170 x 150 cm

170 × 150 cm — 67 × 59 in

8CBB#CB, 2024 — detail 5 | Claus Bertermann

8CBB#CB, 2024, 170 × 150 cm — full view | Claus Bertermann

8CBB#CB, 2024 — detail 1 | Claus Bertermann

8CBB#CB | Abstract Works | Claus Bertermann