While it is not surprising how many mediums Bernar Venet has used, from sculpture to painting, photography to sound to furniture, it is surprising how many he has used for performance. From the early moments of “Performance dans les détritus” in 1961, through sound compositions that matched and involved…

While it is not surprising how many mediums Bernar Venet has used, from sculpture to painting, photography to sound to furniture, it is surprising how many he has used for performance. From the early moments of “Performance dans les détritus” in 1961, through sound compositions that matched and involved his visual work, to a ballet for which he wrote the music, created the choreography, and designed the set and costumes, Venet has been omnivorous, recording mathematical poems on vinyl, the engines of the Concorde on CD, and finally the sounds of creating his own sculpture. In 2004, Venet had three simultaneous solo exhibitions in New York, two at the Robert Miller and Jim Kempner galleries and a third along the Park Avenue Mall, where his large-scale pieces of the indeterminate line were installed. In 2005, he was named a Knight of the Legion of Honor, France's highest decoration.

If it is not surprising how many mediums Bernar Venet has worked in, from sculpture to painting to photography to sound to furniture, it is surprising how many he has used in performance. From the first moments of "Performance dans les detritus" in 1961 through sound compositions corresponding to and implying his visual work, to a ballet for which he wrote the music, created the choreography and designed both the set and costumes, Venet has been omnivorous, recording mathematical poems on vinyl, the engines of the Concorde on CD and finally the sounds of the creation of his own sculpture. In 2004, Venet had three simultaneous solo shows in New York City, two at the Robert Miller and Jim Kempner galleries and a third along the Park Avenue Mall, where his large-scale Indeterminate Line pieces were installed. In 2005 he was named Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur, France's highest decoration.

Editor: Charta

Weight: 1.5 kg

Dimensions: 28 cm x 25 cm x 1 cm