The Bernar Venet retrospective at the Contemporary Museum of Lyon
Until 6 January 2019, the Musée d'Art Contemporain of Lyon will showcase 170 works by artist Bernar Venet during a special retrospective.
![Datant de 2009, la compilation « Effondrement, Huit Lignes Indéterminées » est montrée au public pour la première fois. © ADAGP Rétrospective Bernar Venet au musée d'art contemporain de Lyon](/sites/default/files/styles/480x/public/edito_migrate/article/image/bernar_venet_effondrement_huit_lignes_indeterminees.jpg?itok=g1Cb0X8T)
Not necessarily well-known by the general public, yet Bernet Venet has been displayed all over the planet. The cities of Berlin, Geneva, Tokyo, Seoul, San Francisco, Quebec and Brazilia have already adopted his works, in their museums, as well as cultural centres or in public spaces. A worldwide recognition that MAC Lyon has confirmed by inviting him to its galleries.
Bernar Venet, special guest star of MAC Lyon
The retrospective, dedicated to him, features an ensemble of 170 pieces— drawings, performances, diagrams, paintings, photographs and films retracing 60 years of creation by the artist. However don't interpret any disorder in this presentation, the bars in Corten stainless steel, volontarily rusty, are installed to form geometric sculptures with meaning.
![Bernar Venet Effondrement Le Muy](https://magazine.bellesdemeures.com/sites/default/files/edito_migrate/bernar_venet_effondrement_le_muy_0.jpg)
![Bernar Venet 77,5](https://magazine.bellesdemeures.com/sites/default/files/edito_migrate/bernar_venet_775_0.jpg)
The sober style of conceptual art
This exhibition offers a global and unusual approach of the minimalistic plastician, by unveiling the sobre style and taste for experiences that led him to coat canvases with tar or to present a pile of charcoal, before being recognized as the pioneer of highly followed conceptual art…
![Bernar Venet Effondrement 200 Tonnes](https://magazine.bellesdemeures.com/sites/default/files/edito_migrate/bernar_venet_effondrement_200_tonnes_0.jpg)
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