A collection of 22 provocative interviews and essays by and about world-renowned French Artist and Philosopher Berner Venet spanning the period from 1975 through 2003. Venet's sculpture, painting, musical compositions, films and other serious studies in art are discussed with important French and American art critics. Venet's work is in over 70 public collections around the world as well as hundreds of private collections. This book presents a strong lesson ion the history and underpinnings of Conceptual Art. With an introduction by conceptual artist, photographer and art teacher, Bill Beckley.

Authors include: Ken Allen, Thierry Kuntzel, Seth Siegelaub, Catherine Millet, Eddy Devolder, Gilbert Perlein, Corine Pencenat, Henri-François Debaillueux, Françoise Gaillard, Philippe Piquet, Enrico Pedrini, Christian Besson, and Bernar Venet.

NYARTS Magazine Article, September/October 2006

Sculpture Magazine Article, May 2004

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"Artistic production can only result from curious open thought. It functions as a system whose richness consists of accepting, as one and the same, the principles of harmony and conflict. It is the competition between these two elements, or givens, that creates a whole; and thus the principle of anti-organization becomes a factor in the development, the indispensible dynamism of the creative process."

"The exacting artist does not work according to principles that obey the general law of least effort, taking the shortest distance from one point to another and making the smallest possible sacrifice in order to advance his work. He accepts that artistic development is dependent on unforseeable events like all things in life, like life itself."