Bertrand Lavier
dal 12/10/2006 al 1/12/2006
Segnalato da
12/10/2006
Bertrand Lavier
Bloomberg Space, London
The exhibition will include major works made in neon and video that make explicit reference to American Modernist art. Since the early 1970s Lavier has been concerned with identifying the paradoxes between reality in all its manifestations, and the corresponding and various representations that can be produced. Most recently he has focused on the convoluted relationship between art and reality - where are the limits of art, and how much the look of art is influenced by our expectations.
Bertrand Lavier is one of the most inventive and influential European artists of his
generation. Since the early 1970s he has been concerned with identifying the
paradoxes between reality in all its manifestations, and the corresponding and
various representations that can be produced. Most recently he has focused on the
convoluted relationship between art and reality - where are the limits of art, and
how much the look of art is influenced by our expectations of what it should look
like.
The exhibition at Bloomberg SPACE will show Lavier's continued interest in the play
between art, the public perception of art, and reality and will include major works
made in neon and video that make explicit reference to American Modernist art.
Biography :
Bertrand Lavier was born in ChActillon-sur-Seine, France, 1949. He lives and works
in Paris and Aignay-le-Duc, near Dijon. His work has been included in both Documenta
1982 and 1987 in Kassel. Lavier has since shown at the Centre Pompidou, ARC/MusA(c)e
National de la Ville de Paris, Le Consortium in Dijon and in numerous exhibitions
all over the world.
Image: Bertrand Lavier, Empress of India II. 2005 Neon tubes 196 x 580 cm
Courtesy : Bertrand Lavier and Yvon Lambert Paris. Private collection
Opening: 13 October 2006
Bloomberg Space
Finsbury Square 50 - London
Tuesday - Saturday 11am - 6pm