Pierre Granche
Système, at Namur metro station, Montreal |
Totem urbain / histoire en dentelles, McCord Museum (exterior), Montreal |
Pierre Granche (1948-1997) was a French-Canadian sculptor.
Having studied at the École de Beaux-Arts de Montréal; and the Université de Vincennes in Paris, he taught in the art history department of the University of Montreal for more than twenty years (1975-1997) until his death in Montreal.
As a sculptor, his works are mainly abstract semi-representational pieces, many in aluminum. He was highly influential in the Quebec art world in the field of integrating art and architecture. Some of his public artworks include:
- Système, a huge suspended geometric system in Namur metro station, Montreal;
- Comme si le temps... de la rue, an ensemble of symbolic aluminum free-standing sculptures in a large fountain basin visible from the exterior and interior of Place des Arts, Montreal;
- 32 fois passera, le dernier s'envolera, a collection of vertical glass screens with plant forms in aluminum, symbolising education, in the courtyard of the Pavillon J-A-de Sève, UQAM, Montreal;
- Totem urbain / histoire en dentelle, an allegorical representation of Montreal history, at the McCord Museum, McGill University, Montreal;
- Lieu re-découvert, an environmental intervention of a variety of truncated pyramid shapes, Le Gardeur hospital, Repentigny, Quebec;
- Égalité / équivalence, a grouping of sculptures representing dogs, winged men, and gardens, Laval University, Quebec City;
- Mémorial du Canada, a war memorial in Green Park, London.