Initially a teacher of mathematics and an industrial designer, Jean-Jacques Besner served as Director of the Pavilion "Man the Creator" at the 1967 Montreal Exposition. As early as 1963 he began to make Neo-constructivist sculptures which took their clue from Russian Constructivism. His work, which perfectly merges art and techology, often includes kinetic discs which rotate based on the principle of the pivot. Besner received commisions for such installations from corporate headquarters around the world. He has been exhibited in one-man shows in Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec, Toronto, New York and Paris. He was featured at Expo 70, Osaka, Japan, The International Arts Fair, Basel 1970, and in Brussels and Milan. Selected Collections: Phoenix Art Museum Bhiria Museum, Calcutta Musee d'art Contemporain, Montreal Canadian Embassy, Paris Reynolds Aluminum, Montreal Winston Collection, Dearborn, Michigan Philips Electronic, Amsterdam K. Hammersfold, Geneva Bronfman Collection Montreal

 

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