Presentation
His long journeys in West Africa and South America (Costa Rica and Colombia) have influenced the techniques and the materials he uses. In Africa, he practiced mainly carving directly on wood and ceramic. In America and Europe, he preferred working in bronze. In 1989 he meet a skilled founder, Abel Marta, from the Susse Foundry in Paris, this meeting was a crucial moment because his work on bronze was greatly influenced from this meeting.
Bernard Metranve's artistic expression is at the boundary of abstraction. Through curves and contrasts, he questions the human’s position in the environment, fundamental to the artist, it can be reassuring or scary. In the series « Errances » and « Les Processionnaires », he develops a reflexion about the human role in the chaos of the universe. The overlap of a natural object and a human object in the series « Cascades », « Rivières » and « Les Métamorphoses » also aims a reflexion.
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Le temps amassé
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 16 x 16 x 15 cm Sculpture - 6.3 x 6.3 x 5.9 inch
£2,046
Coléoptère debout
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 23 x 20 x 2.5 cm Sculpture - 9.1 x 7.9 x 1 inch
£1,067
Le bain du crépuscule
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 65 x 46 x 34 cm Sculpture - 25.6 x 18.1 x 13.4 inch
£11,215
Grande tête de cheval
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 47 x 29 x 28 cm Sculpture - 18.5 x 11.4 x 11 inch
£4,803
Les Confidences
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 16 x 18 x 15 cm Sculpture - 6.3 x 7.1 x 5.9 inch
£2,046
Clares IV -2/8
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 37 x 23 x 17 cm Sculpture - 14.6 x 9.1 x 6.7 inch
£4,091
Vénus assoupie
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 13 x 27 x 23 cm Sculpture - 5.1 x 10.6 x 9.1 inch
£2,979
Genèse aux Bandelettes
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 20 x 16 x 17 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 6.3 x 6.7 inch
£2,312
La parole et la vie
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 13 x 16 x 10 cm Sculpture - 5.1 x 6.3 x 3.9 inch
£1,974
Invitation à la danse
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 36 x 56 x 35 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 22 x 13.8 inch
£7,904
Le miracle de l'eau
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 62 x 25 x 25 cm Sculpture - 24.4 x 9.8 x 9.8 inch
£6,937
Son visage c'est la vie
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 43 x 39 x 20 cm Sculpture - 16.9 x 15.4 x 7.9 inch
£5,029
Son cri c'est le tien
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 38 x 20 x 15 cm Sculpture - 15 x 7.9 x 5.9 inch
£3,469
Elle...la rivière; lui... l'océan
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 56 x 39 x 17 cm Sculpture - 22 x 15.4 x 6.7 inch
£6,021
Corex - Petite sphinge
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 64 x 41 x 22 cm Sculpture - 25.2 x 16.1 x 8.7 inch
£6,012
Le vieux soldat
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 55 x 29 x 20 cm Sculpture - 21.7 x 11.4 x 7.9 inch
£6,226
Son visage c'est la vie
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 43 x 39 x 20 cm Sculpture - 16.9 x 15.4 x 7.9 inch
£4,358
Les incertitudes du désir
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 30 x 32 x 25 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 12.6 x 9.8 inch
£3,913
Le vieux soldat
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 55 x 29 x 20 cm Sculpture - 21.7 x 11.4 x 7.9 inch
£6,226
Andante moderato
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 47 x 42 x 36 cm Sculpture - 18.5 x 16.5 x 14.2 inch
£5,336
Sur une ligne d'elle
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 20 x 31 x 20 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 12.2 x 7.9 inch
£3,156
Petit torse vert
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 34 x 17 x 10 cm Sculpture - 13.4 x 6.7 x 3.9 inch
£1,290
La Grande Valdivienne
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 41.5 x 17.5 x 6 cm Sculpture - 16.3 x 6.9 x 2.4 inch
£4,278
Exhibitions dedicated to Bernard Métranve
Galerie Alfart-LBK
Le temps et la vie
From February 9, 2024 to May 10, 2024
Galerie Alfart-LBK
L'Eau et la Femme
From February 9, 2024 to May 10, 2024
Galerie Alfart-LBK
Bronzes récents de Métranve
From February 8, 2024 to April 8, 2024
Galerie Alfart-LBK
Métranve Figurative Sculptures
From February 9, 2024 to May 9, 2024
Galerie Alfart-LBK
Métranve, new sculptures
From November 5, 2022 to October 29, 2023
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