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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Clares III
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 45 x 26 x 15 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 10.2 x 5.9 inch
CHF 5,511
Clares I
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 43 x 28 x 19 cm Sculpture - 16.9 x 11 x 7.5 inch
CHF 4,898 CHF 4,164
Interrogation
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 38.5 x 29.5 x 11 cm Sculpture - 15.2 x 11.6 x 4.3 inch
CHF 6,021
Clares IV
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 37 x 23 x 17 cm Sculpture - 14.6 x 9.1 x 6.7 inch
CHF 4,388 CHF 3,730
Le temps amassé
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 16 x 16 x 15 cm Sculpture - 6.3 x 6.3 x 5.9 inch
CHF 2,347
Coléoptère debout
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 23 x 20 x 2.5 cm Sculpture - 9.1 x 7.9 x 1 inch
CHF 1,225 CHF 1,041
Verax
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 47 x 30 x 26 cm Sculpture - 18.5 x 11.8 x 10.2 inch
CHF 6,699 CHF 5,694
Le bain du crépuscule
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 65 x 46 x 34 cm Sculpture - 25.6 x 18.1 x 13.4 inch
CHF 12,869
Codex II
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 48.5 x 34 x 21 cm Sculpture - 19.1 x 13.4 x 8.3 inch
CHF 4,898
Grande tête de cheval
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 47 x 29 x 28 cm Sculpture - 18.5 x 11.4 x 11 inch
CHF 5,511
Les Confidences
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 16 x 18 x 15 cm Sculpture - 6.3 x 7.1 x 5.9 inch
CHF 2,347
Clares IV -2/8
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 37 x 23 x 17 cm Sculpture - 14.6 x 9.1 x 6.7 inch
CHF 3,980
Vénus assoupie
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 13 x 27 x 23 cm Sculpture - 5.1 x 10.6 x 9.1 inch
CHF 3,419
Genèse aux Bandelettes
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 20 x 16 x 17 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 6.3 x 6.7 inch
CHF 2,653
La parole et la vie
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 13 x 16 x 10 cm Sculpture - 5.1 x 6.3 x 3.9 inch
CHF 2,266
Fantaisie 19
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 52 x 28 x 20 cm Sculpture - 20.5 x 11 x 7.9 inch
CHF 5,715
Migrations
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 26 x 44 x 31 cm Sculpture - 10.2 x 17.3 x 12.2 inch
CHF 5,970
Invitation à la danse
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 36 x 56 x 35 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 22 x 13.8 inch
CHF 8,317
Le miracle de l'eau
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 62 x 25 x 25 cm Sculpture - 24.4 x 9.8 x 9.8 inch
CHF 7,960 CHF 6,368
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
CHF 5,771 CHF 4,617
Wasserfall II
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 36 x 15 x 12 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 5.9 x 4.7 inch
CHF 4,796
Son cri c'est le tien
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 38 x 20 x 15 cm Sculpture - 15 x 7.9 x 5.9 inch
CHF 3,572
Elle...la rivière; lui... l'océan
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 56 x 39 x 17 cm Sculpture - 22 x 15.4 x 6.7 inch
CHF 6,909
La feuille
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 79 x 52 x 6 cm Sculpture - 31.1 x 20.5 x 2.4 inch
CHF 7,348 CHF 6,246
Corex - Petite sphinge
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 64 x 41 x 22 cm Sculpture - 25.2 x 16.1 x 8.7 inch
CHF 6,837
Echec à César
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 32 x 18 x 17 cm Sculpture - 12.6 x 7.1 x 6.7 inch
CHF 4,245
Les incertitudes du désir
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 30 x 32 x 25 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 12.6 x 9.8 inch
CHF 4,490
Regard Ancien
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 34 x 20 x 7.5 cm Sculpture - 13.4 x 7.9 x 3 inch
CHF 2,653
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
CHF 5,307
Le vieux soldat
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 55 x 29 x 20 cm Sculpture - 21.7 x 11.4 x 7.9 inch
CHF 7,144
Échec à César
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 33 x 19 x 17 cm Sculpture - 13 x 7.5 x 6.7 inch
CHF 3,929
Le vieux soldat
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 55 x 29 x 20 cm Sculpture - 21.7 x 11.4 x 7.9 inch
CHF 7,144
Andante moderato
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 47 x 42 x 36 cm Sculpture - 18.5 x 16.5 x 14.2 inch
CHF 6,123
Sur une ligne d'elle
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 20 x 31 x 20 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 12.2 x 7.9 inch
CHF 3,622
Petit torse vert
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 34 x 17 x 10 cm Sculpture - 13.4 x 6.7 x 3.9 inch
CHF 1,735 CHF 1,475
Fleur d'écume
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 23 x 42 x 3 cm Sculpture - 9.1 x 16.5 x 1.2 inch
CHF 4,975
Petite Callipyge
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 21 x 10 x 5 cm Sculpture - 8.3 x 3.9 x 2 inch
CHF 2,852 CHF 2,425
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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