bernar venet: ‘the arc hypothesis’
bernar venet's 'the arch hypothesis' puts together in mathematical means, a set of ordered lines, which fall into piled chaos.
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‘the arc hypothesis’ is the title of french artist bernar venet‘s work on view during the venice art biennale 09. iron and steel, heated, cooled and shaped through the artist’s gestures form large lines which make us think of the rigid stringency of the arc via mathematical associations. they define themselves in scientific relations, formally in free order, which depending on one’s aesthetic position and the reception that has been passed, can be perceived and understood as disorder. curated by ewald stastny, a presentation was by museum arterra contemporary in partnership with the MKM and the foundation of for art and culture bonn and the wurth collection – frederik meijer gardens & sculpture park.
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leaning arcs, 2009 corten steel image © designboom
leaning arcs, 2009 corten steel image © designboom
collapses 216.5°arc x 13, 2009 corten steel image © designboom
collapses 216.5°arc x 13, 2009 corten steel image © designboom
collapses 215.5°arc x 28, 2009 corten steel image © designboom
collapses 215.5°arc x 28, 2009 corten steel image © designboom
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detail image © designboom
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bernar venet was born in 1941 in chateau-arnoux, france. lives and works in new york.
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