Bertrand Lavier was born in 1949 in Châtillon-sur-Seine, France and currently lives and works in Paris and Aignay-le-Duc, near Dijon. Lavier is one of the most influential European artists of his generation, and is internationally acclaimed for employing, reinterpreting and presenting everyday ready-made objects as works of art. He has been exhibited extensively in numerous prestigious institutions and exhibitions worldwide, including the eighth Documenta in 1987 in Kassel, Germany, the Guggenheim Museum and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Pompidou Centre and the Lourve Museum in Paris, Japan’s National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo, the Bass Museum in Miami, the Tate Gallery in London, the Sao Paulo Biennale in 1985, the seventh Lyon Biennale in 2003 and the Venice Biennale in 1976, 1993 and 1997.
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