Like tumbled tombstones marking the graveyard of self-referential Modernism, the exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Lyon presents a remarkable set of remembrances to ponder.
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Majestic and Audacious Jewelry Made by Modern Art’s Luminaries
Bijoux d’artistes is pleasurably guilty of pole vaulting “art” into the category of fashionable, high-end luxury products: art à la mode.
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The Languages of Bernar Venet’s Conceptual Poetry
Since the outset of his career, Bernar Venet has been an inveterate experimentalist, an intrepid worker in a surprising variety of media. “People know my sculptures, of course,” he says, most likely referring to the monumental steel arcs that have garnered him international renown, “but they don’t know my paintings, my photographs, my films, my poetry and the music I have made.