i.e. is pleased to present a solo exhibit by Marc Wenet.

     Marc Wenet  composes small wall pieces from remnants he has gathered in his life wanderings. Reclaimed wood, old cardboard, and cast off hardware are just some of his materials. They are collected and kept as perhaps mementos or souvenirs, carrying eventually a meaning beyond their first purpose. In living with these scraps over time, often decades, Wenet finds a new context by fitting them together into minimalist constructions, a visual haiku, if you will; spare, balanced, layered, descriptive.

     Coming out of Chicago University in 1978 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts,  Marc Wenet was an admirer of Joseph Cornell. Cornell, considered the pioneer of assemblage, helped to legitimize found object sculpture for the art world beginning back in the 30's. He opened the door for artists such as Wenet to move forward with an eye for that which already exists. To rearrange what is in our daily existence in order to elevate or reveal the intrinsic beauty by mere juxtaposition - or to just make a statement. Marc Wenet builds, with a refined and quiet dovetailing of his salvaged pieces, an art of inordinate simplicity. His statement, his poetry.