{"id":1194,"date":"2025-02-14T12:37:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T11:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/artiste\/bernar-venet\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T15:38:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T14:38:04","slug":"bernar-venet","status":"publish","type":"artiste","link":"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/en\/artist\/bernar-venet\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernar Venet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-bottom is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-bottom is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33%\">\n<p class=\"is-style-sur-titre-artiste\">Bernar venet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-34-px-font-size\">An experimental start<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Assistant decorator at the Op\u00e9ra de Nice in 1958, Bernar Venet soon turned to abstraction and minimalism. An encounter with a tar dump during his military service influenced his first works, including a pile of coal rejecting all artistic convention. Settling in New York in 1966, he drew inspiration from New Realism and American Minimalism, exhibiting alongside some of the greatest names.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-bottom is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:67%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Obliques-photo-1-benar-venet.jpg\" alt=\"9 oblique lines: Bernar Venet's monumental momentum&#10;\" class=\"wp-image-810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Obliques-photo-1-benar-venet.jpg 600w, https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Obliques-photo-1-benar-venet-267x400.jpg 267w, https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Obliques-photo-1-benar-venet-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Obliques-photo-1-benar-venet-400x600.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-bottom is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-bottom is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"is-style-sur-titre-artiste\">Bernar venet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-34-px-font-size\">The indeterminate line, a signature<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the 1980s, Venet created his emblematic &#8220;Lignes ind\u00e9termin\u00e9es&#8221; (indeterminate lines), Corten steel sculptures found in public spaces around the world. His work also explores music and design, while integrating prestigious collections. In 1988, he was awarded the Grand Prix des Arts de la Ville de Paris, the crowning glory of an exceptional career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/oeuvre-monumentale\/9-lignes-obliques-lelan-monumental-de-bernar-venet\/\">Discover the work<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-bottom is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-34-px-font-size\"><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bernar venet An experimental start Assistant decorator at the Op\u00e9ra de Nice in 1958, Bernar Venet soon turned to abstraction [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":345,"template":"","discipline":[21],"class_list":["post-1194","artiste","type-artiste","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","discipline-sculpture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artiste\/1194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artiste"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artiste"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"discipline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monumental-valois.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/discipline?post=1194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}