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VENET Bernar
(1941)
"An artist is an explorer in the domain of the arts"
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Bernar VENET, a few dates |
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1941 |
born in Chateau-Arnoux-Saint-Auban, Alpes de Hautes Provence |
1963 |
works on black asphalt paintings saying "black is the reject of the easy communication taste" meets members of the New Realism movement (Arman, César, Hains et Villeglé) |
1966 |
settles in New York and moves towards Conceptual art |
1971 |
stops artistic activities and goes back to Paris where he teaches at the Sorbonne until 1976 |
1983 |
works on the basis structure of his indeterminate Line, made with cor-ten steel and settles them in many urban spaces and public collections |
1997 |
begins a new serie of sculpture entitled Arcs x 4 and Arcs x 5 |
2005 |
named chevalier de la légion d'honneur |
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