BERNAR VENET
9 ACUTE UNEQUAL ANGLES

ST. AGNES, BERLIN, GERMANY
15 APRIL 2021 – 28  APRIL 2022

We are pleased to present the sculpture 9 ACUTE UNEQUAL ANGLES by Bernar Venet in front of St. Agnes.

Bernar Venet
9 ACUTE UNEQUAL ANGLES, 2015
corten steel
900 x 298 x 200 cm
354 3/8 x 117 3/8 x 78 3/4 in
unique

Bernar Venet is the most internationally exhibited French artist and, to date, the number of Venet's public sculpture exhibitions amounts to no less than 30. Sotheby's invited Venet to present 25 large-scale sculptures on the grounds of Isleworth, near Orlando, Florida, their first venture to exhibit and support a single sculptor on this scale.

Bernar Venet became only the 4th contemporary artist to be offered the grounds of the world renowned Château de Versailles in France for a solo exhibition of 7 monumental sculptures. The French Postal Service issued a commemorative stamp of his 22-meter vertical Arcs framing the iconic statue of Louis XIV at the entrance.

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BERNAR VENET
Bernar Venet (b. 1941 in Château-Arnoux, France) lives and works in Le Muy, France. Venet studied in Nice at the Municipal School of Plastic Arts and began working as a stage designer for the Nice Opera House shortly thereafter. Venet moved to New York in 1966, where he developed his TAR paintings, RELIEF CARTONS, building on his earlier iconic TAS DE CHARBON (Pile of Coal), 1963, heralded as one of the very first sculptures without a pre-determined shape. Venet is an artist who works in series, some lasting more than several decades, like his INDETERMINATE LINES, and COLLAPSES, which use painted rolled steel to carve elegant, intersecting...
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