Ad Reinhardt, who knew his stuff, once gave this both wicked and hilarious definition of sculpture: “something you bump into when you back up to look at a painting.” Since the beginning of his career over 40 years ago, Bertrand Lavier has always avoided this unfortunate dilemma by making light of the academic opposition between these two fine arts. For instance, his painted objects from the 1980s debunked one of the most classical assumptions about sculpture embodying what painting represses.
Bertrand Lavier
A cappella
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Paris
Opening on Saturday, March 4th, 2017
from 6 to 8 pm
March 04 — April 15, 2017 • Paris
March 04 — April 15, 2017 • Paris
March 04 — April 15, 2017 • Paris
March 04 — April 15, 2017 • Paris
March 04 — April 15, 2017 • Paris
March 04 — April 15, 2017 • Paris
March 04 — April 15, 2017 • Paris
March 04 — April 15, 2017 • Paris
March 04 — April 15, 2017 • Paris
March 04 — April 15, 2017 • Paris
March 04 — April 15, 2017 • Paris
March 04 — April 15, 2017 • Paris
March 04 — April 15, 2017 • Paris
March 04 — April 15, 2017 • Paris
March 04 — April 15, 2017 • Paris
March 04 — April 15, 2017 • Paris
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Bertrand Lavier, Bleu de Cobalt foncé, 2017
Acrylic on Cibachrome
155 x 232 x 4 cm (framed)
61 x 91 3/8 x 1 5/8 inches (framed) -
Jaune de Cadmium , 2017
Acrylic on Cibachrome
155 x 232 x 4 cm (framed)
61 x 91 3/8 x 1 5/8 inches (framed) -
Bertrand Lavier, Vert de Cobalt, 2017
Acrylic on Cibachrome
155 x 232 x 4 cm (framed)
61 x 91 3/8 x 1 5/8 inches (framed) -
Bertrand Lavier, Walt Disney Productions 1947-2017 N°2, 2017
Acrylic on inkjet print, artist frame
204 x 167 x 9 cm (framed)
80 3/8 x 65 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches (framed) -
Bertrand Lavier, Walt Disney Productions 1947-2017 N°1, 2017
Acrylic on inkjet print, artist frame
163 x 151 x 9 cm (framed)
64 1/8 x 59 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches (framed) -
Bertrand Lavier, Paysages aixois, 2014
Acrylic on traffic sign
140 x 240 cm
55 1/8 x 94 1/2 inches -
Bertrand Lavier, Sombernon, 2016
Acrylic on traffic sign
140 x 240 cm
55 1/8 x 94 1/2 inches -
Bertrand Lavier, La Vénus d'Amiens, 2016
Plaster
177 x 106 x 106 cm
69 5/8 x 41 3/4 x 41 3/4 inches -
Bertrand Lavier, Colonne Lancia, 2017
Carved stone, car light
170 x 27 x 31 cm
66 7/8 x 10 5/8 x 12 1/4 inches -
Bertrand Lavier, Colonne Ford, 2017
Carved stone, car light
170 x 27 x 31 cm
66 7/8 x 10 5/8 x 12 1/4 inches