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Bernar VenetPrint (INTERIOR)
University of Central Florida
About the Artwork
Relief and woodblock abstract print with hand painting. A five-ton steamroller was used as a printing press and tar was used as ink to create the print.
About the Artist
Bernar Venet
French artist Bernar Venet readiness to experiment appeared early on as a young artist in Nice. He painted canvases with unconventional materials like tar and charcoal expressing a desire to redefine the structured boundaries of art. He also explores filmmaking but admits that sculpture is his current major from of expression. He resides in New York City and has a secondary home/studio near the Vosges Mountains in eastern France. Venet’s work is shown in major public spaces and museums internationally. The literature on his work from American and French critics is rapidly growing.
Did you know?
The Orange County Courthouse houses a collection of WPA era art with prints by some of the most famous American artists of that time period.
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For those who have eyes to see, there are hundreds of works of art around them.
This web site provides some information on many of those works of art that can
be regularly viewed in Orange County by any member of the public without an
admission fee. They are outside in public view, or located in an interior area
that is normally open to the public.
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in person. The information you find here will add to the pleasure of exploring
public art in Central Florida.
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