portrait de Mario Venier.

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Mario VENIER

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Cactus cross
Cactus cross
Roots
Roots
Cylinpied
Cylinpied
Seven girls after a boy
Seven girls after a boy
A modest family
A modest family
Forcefull flowers Forcefull flowers The gay science
The gay science
Bridge of no substance Bridge of no substance New Venus New Venus

Venier flounts his use of 'soft' materials as a counterpoint to the idea that 'hardness lasts". He confesses " Shaping materials that falling would not cause a thud is fun" but "soft sculpture appears futile in the end". Venier expresses his skepticism by labeling this work ' conjectural art' .