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Bertrand Lavier
French artist
Bertrand Lavier (born 1949[1] in Châtillon-sur-Seine, France) is a French conceptual artist, painter and sculptor, belonging to the post-readymade era, inspired by the Duchampian legacy[2][3] and the Nouveau réalisme, the artistic movement created by the art critic Pierre Restany in 1960.[4][5] Lavier studied at the École Nationale Supérieure d'Horticulture in Versailles, France in 1968-1971.[6]
Style analysis
Lavier represented France at the 1976 Venice Biennale, French Pavilion in Venice, Italy.
He has become known for transforming everyday objects into artwork by playing with their significance, their names and underlying meaning, and reinterpreting art language with his own humor and a unique personal style that uses three essential dimensions in his artwork: a paint touch over objects, a humorous painting language, and a novel approach to sculpture.
First, the paint touch: Lavi