Medium : bronze sculpture and mixed media painting

TWO ARTISTS, ONE CREATION Seal of the intrinsic character of the work

For 10 years, the Quebecois duet of artists Normand-Ferland has practised painting, steel sculpting and bronze casting. Beings of movement and space, instructed by spontaneity and gesture, Yann Normand and Nancy Ferland have let the work guide them and draw its own path, reach its own existence. Thus, possessing its own language, the work finds its way with who knows how to hear it and begins to live, wherever it will reach. By the authenticity of this artistic approach, an intimate part of the artists is embodied in their creations. So, each Normand-Ferland wears the unalterable seal of the spirit in which it was produced: a free and perpetual discovery, allying, with sincerity and intuition, the individualities in creation. Also, being identified with no trend, the work of Normand-Ferland is inscribed in temporality, as each human being and every work of art are as well inscribed.

In 2010, the work in duet and the signature Normand-Ferland have found an end because of Nancy Ferland’s death (1972-2010). Today, drawing at the same source, Yann Normand pursues the work, letting energy and strength express through the creative fire, and give birth to a new work, under a different day.

Audrey Vézina

Exhibitions:

2009 Toronto International Art Fair
2009 Beauchamp Art Gallery, Quebec, Quebec
2009-06 Le Royer/St-Dizier Gallery, Montreal, Quebec
2009-05 Whistler village art gallery, Whistler, B.C
2008-06 The Blue Dot Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2008-06 Michel Bigué Gallery, St-Sauveur, Quebec
2007-05 Wyland Galleries, Niagra Falls, Ontario
2007-04 Materiautheque J.N.D Quebec, Quebec
2006 Gallery Boutique Pétronille, Sainte-Pétronille, Quebec