Trois éléments

This monumental sculpture installed close to the new Mareterra district is composed of three bronze columns standing 10, 12, and 15 metres tall. The work is an interpretation of Bernard Bezzina’s favourite theme: strength and fragility. The trio of peaks appear to rise together as one, in an exaltation of power. Yet like charred wood, the three elements with their rough and rugged surface evoke the “Torn Wood” series of which the artist is so fond. Standing above the Mediterranean, these monumental sculptures are a combination of the cosmic elements: water, earth, and air.
The project took three years to complete at the artist’s workshop in Pietrasanta, and was followed with interest by H.S.H. the Sovereign Prince from its very inception. Trois élements was officially unveiled by Prince Albert II of Monaco at a ceremony attended by the artist himself. Bernard Bezzina is familiar with the Principality, where he has previously exhibited one of his famous divitions, unique works formed of fragmented and reconstituted pieces.

Bernard Bezzina is a French artist, painter, and sculptor born in 1956. His exploration of matter and materials saw him develop a particular technique that he calls divition, deconstructing, fragmenting, and shattering structures, before reassembling them to create a new vision. From “division” to “amplification”, his art takes a selected fragment and imbues it with a whole new power and a life of its own. In his perpetual quest to discover the possibilities and effects of matter, he works with bronze, wood, steel, marble, and paper. His monumental works represent hands, fists, feet, and shoulders, like antique vestiges entombed and battered by time. He exhibits in Italy, France, the United States, and Belgium. He currently divides his time between Toulon on the south coast of France, and Pietrasanta in Tuscany.