Bertrand Lavier

 
Born in France in 1949, Bertrand Lavier has acquired a prominent place in the contemporary art world. Influenced by Duchamp and the Nouveaux Réalistes, his witty artworks disturb our routine ways of perceiving and conceiving art. They reassess our visual and intellectual education and impel the viewer to see how mundane objects can be transformed into authentic artworks. The artist reveals all the stages of this transitivity between life and art, he shows how an institution, a place of exhibition, a pedestal, the act of painting a surface are different factors in the same process. His painted objects, his repainted mirrors, and tableaux d'ameublements ("fitment paintings") instigate a reconsideration of the relationship between art and reality.
 
Bertrand Lavier - L\'affaire tournesols
2014
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
New monograph.
Bertrand Lavier - Roma
2009
bilingual edition (French / Italian)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
New monograph, conceived in close collaboration with Bertrand Lavier, with the most recent works (ceramics, ethnic scultpures) in front of some more ancient pieces (also available in bilingual English / French edition).
Bertrand Lavier - Roma
2009
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
New monograph, conceived in close collaboration with Bertrand Lavier, with the most recent works (ceramics, ethnic scultpures) in front of some more ancient pieces.
Bertrand Lavier - Random
2002
French edition
Jannink - L'art en écrit
A selection of public discussions by Bertrand Lavier.
Bertrand Lavier - Random - Limited edition
2002
French edition
Jannink - L'art en écrit
A selection of public discussions by Bertrand Lavier. Limited edition accompanied by a unique work for each copy (acrylic painting on paper).
Bertrand Lavier - Conversations (1982-2001)
2001
French edition
MAMCO - Artists' writings
(last copies available!)
27 interviews with Bertrand Lavier.
Bertrand Lavier - Vitrines
2000
bilingual edition (English / French)
Yvon Lambert - Monographs and artists' books
sold out
Different works from 1982 to the famous Vitrines series (2000).
Bertrand Lavier -
1987
French edition
Le Consortium - Monographs
sold out
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