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Arman Fernandez, Colère de Paganini, 2004, mixed-media sculpture with burned violin and bow encased in resin and plexiglass, symbolizing destruction and artistic passion.

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Burned violin and bow included in polyester resin and plexiglass casing. Metal interlocking plinth. Signed lower right. Numbered lower left. H: 77; L: 45; D: 12 cm. // Arman Fernandez's Colère de Paganini (Paganini's Anger) is a powerful mixed-media sculpture that captures the raw energy of destruction and artistic expression. This work features a violin and bow, visibly burned and encased in a clear polyester resin and plexiglass casing, frozen in a moment of violent deconstruction. The shattered and charred instrument symbolizes the intense passion and possible frustrations associated with musical genius, referencing the legendary violinist Niccolò Paganini. Encased as if in a shrine, the instrument’s fragmented state reflects themes of impermanence and the breaking of convention, integral to Arman’s exploration of art through destruction. Limited to an edition of 100, this piece speaks to Arman’s fascination with transformation and the beauty found within destruction.

Fernandez Arman

Colere de Paganini / Paganini's Anger, 2004

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Mixed Media

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Edition of 100 + 20 E.A.

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Burned violin and bow included in polyester resin and plexiglass casing. Metal interlocking plinth. Signed lower right. Numbered lower left. H: 77; L: 45; D: 12 cm. // Arman Fernandez's Colère de Paganini (Paganini's Anger) is a powerful mixed-media sculpture that captures the raw energy of destruction and artistic expression. This work features a violin and bow, visibly burned and encased in a clear polyester resin and plexiglass casing, frozen in a moment of violent deconstruction. The shattered and charred instrument symbolizes the intense passion and possible frustrations associated with musical genius, referencing the legendary violinist Niccolò Paganini. Encased as if in a shrine, the instrument’s fragmented state reflects themes of impermanence and the breaking of convention, integral to Arman’s exploration of art through destruction. Limited to an edition of 100, this piece speaks to Arman’s fascination with transformation and the beauty found within destruction.

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Arman Fernandez's Boom Boom, screen-print, overlapping black gun silhouettes with a central red handgun, exploring violence and consumerism.

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Boom Boom, 1966

Limited Edition Print

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Arman Fernandez's Untitled (Allegro Vivaldi), silkscreen print, fragmented violins in bold black, purple, and gold, dynamic movement.

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Limited Edition Print

Silkscreen

EUR 1,290

Arman Fernandez Gothic lithograph with overlapping black, red, and gray scissors creating a dense, repetitive pattern on Arches paper.

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Gothic, 1977

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

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Arman Fernandez's Passe Temps, mixed media, disassembled watch parts in a plexiglass box with faded ARMAN PASSE TEMPS text background.

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Passe Temps, 1971

Limited Edition Print

Mixed Media

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Painting

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Arman Fernandez's Cavaquinho sculpture of overlapping iron and wood guitar shapes on a dark background, evoking rhythm and movement.

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Arman Fernandez's Accumulation, Tee, mixed media sculpture with multicolored plastic tees in a transparent rectangular structure on a black base.

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Arman Fernandez's Violent Violins I screenprint with abstracted violins in black and red splashes, conveying explosive energy.

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Violent Violins I, 1977

Limited Edition Print

Screen-print

Currently Not Available

Bronze sculpture Venus au Violon by Arman Fernandez, showing Venus figure intertwined with a violin, on a marble base.

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Venus Au Violon, 1991

Sculpture / Object

Bronze

Currently Not Available

Arman Fernandez, Chessboard in Hommage to Marcel Duchamp's L.H.O.O.Q., screen-print, chessboard pattern with mustaches and beards on brown and beige squares.

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Chessboard In Hommage To Marcel Duchamp's L.H.O.O.Q., 1973

Limited Edition Print

Screen-print

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Design is more of a kitchen than a knife, and more of a lab than a beaker.
- Fernandez Arman

In his career as an artist, Armand Fernandez has become internationally known as Arman. He decided to sign his artworks with just his first name and then removed the final letter after a 1958 printing error. His work was always influenced by the Dada movement and he was later to make an impact on the Pop Art movement. Fernandez / Arman studied art history at the Louvre in Paris and attended the National School of Decorative Arts in Nice. He began by creating abstract paintings and also made use of found objects, fabric pieces and postage stamps. These assemblages were displayed together in 1954 at his first solo show in Paris. In 1960 he signed up to the New Realism manifesto and began to focus on more ways to turn commonplace discarded objects into art. His exhibition at the Iris Clert Gallery in 1960 was an installation called Full Up, which filled all the gallery space with trash. Another technique involved breaking up manufactured objects to mount on wood panels after reassembling. He also displayed familiar objects that had been sliced up and he exhibited the burnt remains of items that he had set on fire. His strategy of piling a number of found objects on top of each other led to art commissions from the Renault car company. In 1970 he displayed a number of works made from car parts at the World Fair in Osaka. In 1982 he created Long Term Parking, a monumental public sculpture 50 feet high, made from cars encased in a column of concrete. He received a commission in 1995 from the Lebanese leader to create a peace monument for Beirut. Hope for Peace, which stands outside the headquarters of the Lebanese Army, is made from armored tanks and military vehicles with gun barrels pointing upwards. (Artist website)

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Fernandez Arman biography / France / male Artist / Sculpture / Object / Mixed Media / price range 10.000 - 25.000 / Dada / Pop art / Art Nucleare / Found Object / Nouveau Realism / Zero Movement / Art Glossary

Fernandez Arman

Colere de Paganini / Paganini's Anger, 2004

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Venus Hairspray, 1996

Bronze

USD 28,000

Trompettes Découpées, 1989

Bronze

EUR 9,500

What Happened To The Flowers - Homage To Warhol

Mixed Media

Candy, 1970

Assemblage

EUR 14,850

Violin, 1999

Bronze

Violon Spiralé, 2001-2002

Bronze

Paintbrushes, 1990

Assemblage

EUR 14,500

Aesculapius Hammer, 1977

Lithograph

EUR 640

Hypored, 1977

Lithograph

EUR 640

Inside Story, 1977

Lithograph

EUR 640

Rien Ne Bat Plus, 1977

Lithograph

EUR 640

Boom Boom, 1966

Screen-print

Inquire For Price

Shortened Trip

Mixed Media

USD 4,550

Untitled (Allegro Vivaldi), 1978

Silkscreen

EUR 1,290

Gothic, 1977

Lithograph

Inquire For Price

Passe Temps, 1971

Mixed Media

EUR 4,000

Red Tubes, 1980

Mixed Media

EUR 34,000

Candélabre Africain, 2003

Bronze

EUR 6,000

Colere De Paganini / Paganini's Anger, 2004

Mixed Media

EUR 14,500

Cavaquinho, 2002

Metal

EUR 5,970

Accumulation, Tee, 1994

Mixed Media

Currently Not Available

Violent Violins I, 1977