The Editions auction on December 11th, 2019, presents five works by Bernar Venet, particularly emblematic of the artist's style, passioned by mathematics and geometry.
The simplicity of the curves of the first "Arcs", made by Bernar Venet from 1979, completes the aesthetic way, continually fuelled by the artist's passion for mathematics and geometry.
Bernar Venet (né en 1941) Quatre Arcs - 2017
Estimate : 8000 / 12000 €
His military service extracted him from the Nice Opera, where he served as an assistant decorator, and led the artist to the Tarascon barracks, under the roof of which he set up a studio. On the surface of his paintings, the unichrome abstraction gives way to a monochromatic painting in which black displays all its expressive power.
Returning from a mobilization of nearly ten months in Algeria, Bernar Venet gravitates around the nebula of New Realism and frequents the artistic scene of Nice where Cesar and Arman are the most emblematic representatives.
Bernar Venet (né en 1941) Effondrement : Arc III - 2013
Estimate : 4500 / 5500 €
At the end of the 1960s, the artist multiplies his travels in New York. The MoMA acquires one of his works and the gallerist Leo Castelli opens the doors of his gallery for him. Fruitful exchanges with scientists at Columbia University allow Bernar Venet to deepen his mathematical knowledge.
From the beginning of the 1980s, from Shanghai to Berlin and Versailles, its Indeterminate Lines proliferate in gardens, esplanades and avenues all around the world.
Bernar Venet (né en 1941) Nine Acute Uneven Angles - 2017
Estimate : 8000 / 12000 €
