Exhibitions
"It is not of importance that one be a believer or not : what is important is to be Tolerant "
Dalai Lama
" T.O.L.E.R.A.N.C.E " is composed of nine bronze sculptures, each represents a letter of the word "tolerance" and suggests a religion.
The initial edition in 8 series has been reduced to 6, among which 3 are permanently installed on public sites, in Paris and Montpellier (France) and in Abu Dhabi (U.A.E). The 4th series is owned by a private English collector.
We are continuing towards our goal and vision of installing T.O.L.E.R.A.N.C.E, pinpoints of light against the intolerance and terrorism that we are facing around the world.
At each installation, either perennial or provisory, T.O.L.E.R.A.N.C.E serves as a landmark, a focal point welcoming other artists, students and diverse communities to join in spreading the essential message of Compassion and Brotherhood.
" A word becomes meaningful because of all of its letters, each one indispensable and of equal importance to convey the meaning.
In the same way, the different cultures and spiritual beliefs of our societies can live together in brotherhood and complete each other, in the knowledge of reciprocal respect and a bit of kindness.
Mysterious and grave, 9 emissaries invite you to meet them, to respect their differences and the beliefs they suggest. Joined together on the same site, they speak to us of encounter and harmony, of peaceful completeness.
As humans, we all have in common, inherent in our nature and based on the awareness of being vulnerable, the quest for stability and peace.
Religious concerns seem to get worst day after day. Yet the mosaic of beliefs and cultures make the world...
By this sculpture, I wanted to bring to light the likeness of the common quest of immanence, whatever it is and whatever the "god" to which it is addressed. It is this similarity, this convergence which should be demonstrated, instead of the differences caused by unproven speculations or groundless fundamentalist assertions regarding the divine - inherently ambiguous and therefore questionable.
Each of the letters, by its particular style, evokes a belief of the world. But the interpretations are left deliberately open to the imagination of everyone..."
Guy Ferrer
2024
Les Voyants - Musée Terrus - Elne (Occitanie, France)
Co-Incidences - Galerie Gilles Naudin, Galerie Le Toit du Monde et Galerie Mingei - rue Visconti, Paris
Assemblages - Everard Read Gallery – London – (UK)
Inspiré - Galerie Christine Colon, Liège (Belgique)
2023
Mana - in the artwork the Power – Galerie Anthony Meyer – Paris – (France)
Rituals - Everard Read Gallery at Leeu Estates – Franschhoek – (South Africa)
2022
Re-vival - Everard-Read Gallery, London (United Kingdom)
2021
de la matière à l'Esprit - Centre d'art contemporain (CAC)- Musée d'art Hyacinthe Rigaud and Castang Art Project, Perpignan (France).
Au-delà des masques - Galerie Christine Colon, Liège (Belgium)
2020
Xun Art Gallery, Shanghai (Chine) and Luxembourg-Ville (Luxemburg).
2019
De l'au-delà d'ici - Bogéna Galerie, Saint Paul de Vence (France).
Témoins de Bronze - Une promenade sculpturale à Carcassonne – André Chénier Square and Musée des Beaux-Arts de Carcassonne (France)
The Garden of Delights - Everard-Read Gallery, London (United Kingdom)
Nectar - Galerie Christine Colon, Liege (Belgium)
2018
Sacred Fire - Everard Read Gallery - Johannesburg (South Africa)
2017
Art Montpellier Art Fair - with Castang Art Project - Espace Aréna, Montpellier (France)
Gilles Naudin Galerie, Paris (France)
Un chemin initiatique, Témoins de bronze - Retrospective plein air exhibition - Saint-Cyprien (France)
Galerie Christine Colon, Liege (Belgium)
Revelations - Everard-Read Gallery, London (United Kingdom)
Envies d'écrire, sourire et dessiner - RNG Art Contemporain - Paris (France)
2016
PathWays To Non Violence - 21st Festival of Faiths, Louisville (United States)
Beirut Art Fair - SUD Gallery - Beirut (Lebanon)
Dessins, Estampes, Sculptures - Galerie Chantal Melanson, Annecy (France)
2015
Collect'Or - Banque Nationale de Paris, Paris (France)
Beirut Art Fair - SUD Gallery - Beirut (Lebanon)
Réceptacles: Au-delà des apparences - Castang Art Project, Perpignan (France)
Autour de la Grande Famille - RNG Art Contemporain - Paris (France)
Galerie 104 - RNG Art Contemporain - Paris (France)
2014
T.O.L.É.R.A.N.C.E - Esplanade du Prado - Medieval City of Carcassonne (France)
Échos de Chine - RNG Art Contemporain - Paris (France)
T.O.L.É.R.A.N.C.E and NON-La Guerre - Couvent des Minimes, Perpignan (France)
T.O.L.É.R.A.N.C.E and NON-La Guerre - Campo Santo and Chapelle de la Funeraria, Perpignan (France)
Or'aison - Galerie Chantal Melanson, Annecy (France)
2013
L'Architecte - Permanent installation - French Embassy, Singapore (Singapore)
T.O.L.É.R.A.N.C.E n° 3/8 - perennial installation - Charpak Park, Montpellier (France)
2012
De soie, de bronze, de papier. Tribute to Michel Bentolila - Galerie Amarrage, Saint-Ouen (France)
Oeuvres récentes - Xun Art Gallery, Beijing (China)
Lille Art Fair - 3 associated galleries GNG, CastanGalerie, Richard Nicollet - Lille (France)
2011
La Grande Famille n° 1/4 - Perennial installation - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Paris (France)
Soies, oeuvres récentes - Xin Dong Cheng Gallery and Alliance Française - Beijing (China)
L'Invité des Rois - CastanGalerie - Palais des Rois de Majorque, Perpignan (France)
2010
Racines - Gilles Naudin Galerie, Paris (France)
Salwa Zeidan Gallery, Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)
Die Galerie, Séoul (South Korea)
2009
Fragiles Résistances - Galerie Nathalie Gaillard, Paris
T.O.L.É.R.A.N.C.E et Œuvres récentes - Die Gallery and Goethe University, Franckfort (Germany)
Elsewhere Brothers - French Institute of South Africa, Nirox Foundation and Everard / Read Gallery, Johannesburg (South Africa)
Puls'Art - Guest of honor - Saint-Pierre-la-Cour Collegiale, Le Mans (France)
2008
T.O.L.É.R.A.N.C.E n° 2/8 - Perennial installation - Government Palace, Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)
Art Paris-Abu Dhabi Art Fair - with Nathalie Gaillard Gallery - Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)
Art-Elysées Art Fair - Gilles Naudin Gallery - Paris (France)
Du vent dans les branches - Monumental sculptures exhibition - Jardins du Luxembourg, Paris (France)
Témoins d'Entre-Temps - Ancienne Justice de Paix and Atelier du Lavoir - Sarlat en Périgord (France)
African Influence - Gilles Naudin Galerie, Paris (France)
2007
T.O.L.É.R.A.N.C.E - La Monnaie de Paris, Paris (France)
T.O.L.É.R.A.N.C.E n° 1/8 - perennial installation - François Mitterrand Park, Saint-Ouen (France)
L'Architecte - Perennial installation - Palm Springs (United States)
Territories - S.C.A.P.E. Gallery, Corona del Mar (United States)
Art Paris-Abu Dhabi Art Fair - with Galerie Nathalie Gaillard - Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)
Alter Ego Itinerantes - Organized by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Alliances Françaises of Lima and Arequipa - Instituto Cultural Peruano Norte Americano in Lima (Peru)
Visages-Paysages - Attis Art Gallery, Washington (United States)
2006
Oeuvres - Le Meurice Hotel, Paris (France)
2005
M.M.G. Gallery, Tokyo (Japan)
Peace on Earth - S.C.A.P.E. Gallery, Corona del Mar (United States)
2004
Pilgrims of Peace - The Henley Galleria and Chapman University, Orange (United States)
Marcheurs d'Infini - Galerie Chantal Melanson, Annecy (France)
Le Corps-Outil - Castle of Saint-Ouen (France)
2001
L'Homme et le Symbole - Musée Français de la Carte à Jouer, Issy-les-Moulineaux (France)
CastangGalerie, Perpignan (France)
2000
La Pourvoyeuse n° 2/4 - Perennial installation - Magasin Le Bon Marché, Paris (France)
Art-Paris Art Fair - with Galerie Chantal Melanson - Carrousel of Louvre Museum, Paris (France)
La Grande Famille - perennial installation - French Embassy, Singapore (Singapore)
Adler Gallery, Gstaad (Swiss)
Éloge de l'Ombre - M.M.G. Gallery, Tokyo (Japan)
1997
A Simple Traveler in Time - Kouros Gallery, New-York (United States)
New Paintings - Chac-Mool Gallery, Los Angeles (United States)
French Embassy, Amman (Jordan)
Du Sang, de la Terre - Galerie Frédéric Sagot, Paris (France)
1996
Silences - Galerie Virus, Anvers (Belgium)
SI-NO-SI : Signo-Humano-Sìmbolo - Museum of Contemporary Art of Caracas (MACCSI)- (Venezuela)
1995
Opening Exhibition - Cultural Center of l'Espal, Le Mans (France)
Peintures & Sculptures - Galerie Brenet-Nicolaï, Marseille (France)
Trois États du Temps - Coprim Foundation, Paris (France)
1993
D'or et de boue - Galerie Lise et Henri de Menthon, Paris (France)
Trazas - LABAC / Internationbal Foundation for Arts and Culture - Caracas University (Venezuela)
1992
Paul Ricard Cultural Space, Paris (France)
Brochier Gallery, Munich (Germany)
1991
Vif-Argent - Galerie du Sénat, Paris (France)
