Bernar Venet
Random Combination of Indeterminate Lines
2019

Name: Random Combination of Indeterminate Lines
Brand: Bernar Venet
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Engraving, 2019 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 5/50 69.00 cm. x 91.00 cm. 27.17 in. x 35.83 in. (paper) 44.00 cm. x 69.50 cm. 17.32 in. x 27.36 in. (image) Bernar Venet, born in 1941, is one of the few French artists whose career began in New York in the mid-1960s. At that time, he lived and worked at the mythical Chelsea Hotel, which welcomed artists and musicians in a creative effervescence. Bernar Venet was close to the best conceptual artists: Judd, Heizer, Lewitt, Stella... Far from the abstract expressionism that almost looked like official art in the United States, these artists practiced a refined and minimalist art. In a career spanning sixty years, Bernard Venet has practiced sculpture, poetry, painting and engraving. His works in corten steel, sometimes gigantic, are unforgettable. They were disposed in the gardens of the Château de Versailles in 2011 and can be seen at MoMA, the Centre Pompidou, in Strasbourg or Tokyo, and in the public space. The title of the print we propose, Random Combination of Indetermine Lines, is also the title of an important series of sculptures that began in the early 1990s: the artist and his team lay out heavy corten steel rods on the ground. In the Collapses series, these gigantic arches are placed on the ground and then pushed against each other and fall to the ground, creating a seemingly random arrangement that is nonetheless subject to physical principles such as inevitable gravity. This print is the tangible memory of the artist's sculptures, as if it represents the moment just after the fall. Moreover, the background is studded with lines that indicate vibrations, those caused by the fall of arches whose weight is gigantic. There is in this combination power and elegance, stability and balance. A very interesting and stimulating mixture of opposites. LCD5444

Creator:

Bernar Venet (1941, French)

Creation Year:

2019

Dimensions:

Height: 27.17 in (69 cm)Width: 35.83 in (91 cm)

Medium:

Engraving

Movement & Style:

Abstract

Period:

2010-

Condition:

Excellent condition.

Gallery Location:

Paris, FR

Reference Number:

Seller: LCD54441stDibs: LU1066211233492

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Bernar Venet

Bernar Venet creates large-scale site-specific installations, works of avant-garde performance art and other provocative pieces that have earned him a place among France’s most significant Conceptual artists. He is also known for his abstract and figurative drawings, as well as abstract sculptures.

Venet was born in 1941 in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in southern France as Bernard Venet. In 1958, he attended EMAP Villa Thiole in Nice and decided to pursue an artistic career. Venet moved to New York City in 1961 and started to garner recognition for his monochromatic tar paintings and coal sculptures. It was during this period that he dropped the “d” from his first name.

In 1971, Venet took a break from making art and spent some time teaching art theory at the University of Paris. He decided to resume his artistic work in 1976 and showed his work the following year at Kassel, Germany’s “documenta 6,” a contemporary art exhibition that has featured the likes of Berenice Abbott, Diane Arbus, Willem de Kooning and others. Around this time, Venet pivoted to working with wood and created a series of reliefs called “Arcs, Angles and Straight Lines.” The National Endowment of the Arts recognized Venet with a grant in 1979.

The grant kicked off two decades of exhibitions throughout Europe, the United States, Asia and South America. To date, Venet has participated in more than 40 public sculpture exhibitions and created monumental installations in cities around the globe, including Berlin, Denver, Auckland, Geneva, Austin, Tokyo, Vancouver and more.

In 2005, the Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur awarded him with the highest order of merit in France. He was also awarded the International Sculpture Center Lifetime Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture in 2016. Venet’s works are held in the collections of leading museums around the world including the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim, the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Centre Pompidou.

Venet lives and works between New York City and Le Muy.

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