GUY FERRER
GUY FERRER, Collection II
Mixed media on canvas, 130 x 97 cm
GUY FERRER, T.O.L.E.R.A.N.C.E
Bronze
GUY FERRER, Contact
Mixed media on canvas, 130 x 97 cm
Born in Algeria, Guy Ferrer is a French artist of Catalan and Italian descent. He is an artist who helps us hold onto poetry and defies the trend towards abandoning wondering. In a career spanning some 35 years, Ferrer continues to express wonder and mystery, lyricism and faith in the works that emerge from his studio in Perpignan, France.
Ferrer’s work is fundamentally concerned with the mystery and beauty of life, with what’s beyond and unknowable. His driving energy, it seems, comes from a spiritual necessity to make art as part on an ongoing search for solace and meaning. His paintings, drawings and sculpture seem to vibrate with an ethereal energy, and they connect at the deepest level with audiences across countries and cultures.
GUY FERRER, Croix Rouge
Ink and gold leaf on antique paper, 29 x 17 cm (11 3/8 x 6 5/8 in.)
Born in Algeria, Guy Ferrer is a French artist of Catalan and Italian descent. Over the past three decades, Ferrer has developed an international reputation as a painter and sculptor, with exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world.
Ferrer’s work is fundamentally concerned with the mystery of life and the search of beauty. His artistic energy derives from a spiritual necessity to make art, as part on an ongoing search for transcendence, for solace and for meaning. Rich in symbolism and characterised by highly textured surfaces, Ferrer’s paintings, works on paper and sculptures are animated by his spirit and exude an ethereal energy. They connect at the deepest level with audiences across countries and cultures.
Recent honours include a monumental bronze for the French embassy in Singapore, a large fresco painted for the French embassy in Bakou, Azerbaijan and a triptych titled Liberté-Egalité-Fraternité commissioned by the OECD and for its headquarters in Paris. A monumental bronze and a large canvas are permanently installed at the main entrance of Le Bon Marché in Paris.
GUY FERRER, Double
Ink, collage and gold leaf on antique paper, 17 x 29 cm (6 5/8 x 11 3/8 in.)
Born in Algeria, Guy Ferrer is a French artist of Catalan and Italian descent. Over the past three decades, Ferrer has developed an international reputation as a painter and sculptor, with exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world.
Ferrer’s work is fundamentally concerned with the mystery of life and the search of beauty. His artistic energy derives from a spiritual necessity to make art, as part on an ongoing search for transcendence, for solace and for meaning. Rich in symbolism and characterised by highly textured surfaces, Ferrer’s paintings, works on paper and sculptures are animated by his spirit and exude an ethereal energy. They connect at the deepest level with audiences across countries and cultures.
Recent honours include a monumental bronze for the French embassy in Singapore, a large fresco painted for the French embassy in Bakou, Azerbaijan and a triptych titled Liberté-Egalité-Fraternité commissioned by the OECD and for its headquarters in Paris. A monumental bronze and a large canvas are permanently installed at the main entrance of Le Bon Marché in Paris.
GUY FERRER, The Upper
Gutta and gold leaf on antique paper, 93 x 65 cm (36 1/2 x 25 1/2 in.)
Born in Algeria, Guy Ferrer is a French artist of Catalan and Italian descent. Over the past three decades, Ferrer has developed an international reputation as a painter and sculptor, with exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world.
Ferrer’s work is fundamentally concerned with the mystery of life and the search of beauty. His artistic energy derives from a spiritual necessity to make art, as part on an ongoing search for transcendence, for solace and for meaning. Rich in symbolism and characterised by highly textured surfaces, Ferrer’s paintings, works on paper and sculptures are animated by his spirit and exude an ethereal energy. They connect at the deepest level with audiences across countries and cultures.
Recent honours include a monumental bronze for the French embassy in Singapore, a large fresco painted for the French embassy in Bakou, Azerbaijan and a triptych titled Liberté-Egalité-Fraternité commissioned by the OECD and for its headquarters in Paris. A monumental bronze and a large canvas are permanently installed at the main entrance of Le Bon Marché in Paris.
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