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Bernar Venet
Effondrement: Arcs
2013

About the Item

Bernar Venet bridges the dichotomy between mathematical precision and natural chaos, and is regarded as a pioneer in minimalist, conceptual sculpture. As a key player in the conceptual art movement of the 1960s and 70s, in which ideas take precedence over forms, Venet evolved a new aesthetic with steel as his medium and mathematic configurations as his subject. Born in 1941 in Chateau-Arnoux-Saint-Auban in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France, Venet’s talent was evident in his drawing at an early age. He learned about the work of successful artists through art books that his mother bought him, and he was particularly attracted to the heroes of the Modern era. At 17, Venet moved to Nice in order to study at the Ville Thiole, the municipal art school, followed by on-the-job training as a theater set designer. Over the course of the next two decades, he explored painting, poetry, film and dance, and was attracted, in particular, to pure science as a subject for art. 1979 marked a turning point in Venet’s career, when he began a series of wood reliefs, Arcs, Angles, Diagonals, and created the first of his Indeterminate Lines. That same year, he was awarded an artist grant by the National Endowment for the Arts. Venet has been collected by such notable museums as The Museum of Modern Art New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, The National Gallery of Art, the Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, and the Detroit Institute of the Arts. Bernar Venet's works have been acquired by collectors, foundations, and public institutions from all over South Korea, and earned a retrospective exhibition in 2007 at the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Seoul. In January of 2008, Venet was honored with the first-ever single artist exhibition mounted by auction giant Sotheby's, held at the Isleworth Golf and Country Club in Windmere, Florida. A collection of Venet's monumental sculptures is currently on exhibit at the Arsenale Novissimo at the Venice Biennale.

Creator:
Bernar Venet (1941, French)
Creation Year:
2013
Dimensions:
Height: 38.75 in (98.43 cm)Width: 38.75 in (98.43 cm)
Medium:
Polymer
Movement & Style:
Contemporary
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Boca Raton, FL
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU255130178

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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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