French artist brings to Beijing his signature steel arches

The exhibition of nearly 180 works introduces the width and depth of Venet's thoughts underlying his art, an experimental spirit and an attitude of rationality that defines his work. They are vividly presented in paintings, drawings, sculptures, images, sound works and films — including his groundbreaking work of 1963, Pile of Coal, in an all-encompassing manner to also show the development of contemporary art in Europe and the United States — where Venet lived for years — after World War II.

Xiao, the co-curator, says Venet's works are of vigor and meanwhile of senses, to convey openness, diversity and a world ever changing and unable to be defined.