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Pénéloppe
Olivier Bertrand
Sculpture - 45 x 25 x 45 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 9.8 x 17.7 inch
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Sculpture - 45 x 25 x 45 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 9.8 x 17.7 inch
Price upon request
Sculpture - 70 x 40 x 40 cm Sculpture - 27.6 x 15.7 x 15.7 inch
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Olivier Bertrand was born in Marseille in 1975, to a French father and an Asian mother. He became fascinated with drawing, visual arts and, more specifically, origami at a very early age.
“As far back as I can remember, I’ve always been captivated by the metamorphosis of a simple sheet of paper which, with a few smart folds, comes to life and sparks emotion."
After graduating with a Master’s in Economics and completing his studies, he finally chose to move into web design. 15 years on, he took advantage of a period of convalescence to go back to roots, to his first love. Although this time round he’s not folding pieces of paper, his mantra remains the same: and it’s cardboard that he works with a new twist. By assembling bits of cardboard together, he now creates extraordinarily-amazing life-sized animals.
“Cardboard offers a host of advantages; it’s ever-so easy to get hold of and it’s a light material which is perfectly workable for large-scale subjects… I really love the idea of creating using an everyday product, one which people throw out, get rid of, and of striving to make it desirable.
I enjoy scuplting animals, choosing them which radiate considerable power, rather contradictory actually at first glance given the fragility of the cardboard I use. Through this duality harmonizing the subject and its material, I try, in my own way, to sound the alarm bell as to the precariousness of animal species."
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