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His family can trace themselves back to Sephardic Jews who were expelled from Spain in the 15th century.
They then took refuge in Italy for generations before moving to North Africa.
HUBERT III.
This lineage and lifetime full of migrations has had a profound effect on the artist.
His towering men and women are all depicted looking ahead, hurrying to their unknown destinations.
Their pieces of luggage hold bodies torn in two together.
BLEU DE CHINE “is a dedication to all those people who arrived in Marseille to work. It is also a tribute to the welcoming land that is this city, with its port at its epicenter. From this sculpture emanates a story that speaks to all Marseillais, especially the dockworkers, of whom Bruno Catalano was one.” Located at Park & E 37th St.
Those fragments represent the pieces of identity that are lost and gained as we move across the globe.
The surreal bronze figures seem to be disintegrating mid-step and the surrounding environment becomes part of the sculpture.
They are dressed casually, even wearing some of the artist’s personal clay-covered aprons.
BLEU DE CHINE.
The sculptures are in stark contrast to the many historical marble and bronze pieces traditionally on public display.
Instead of celebrating great men, Catalano puts a spotlight on everyday people.
An art that makes each figure a monument to an intimate humanity.
VAN GOGH. “This ‘Traveler' wears a canvas on his back, and stands as an edifying paradigm of an aptitude for renunciation. Bruno Catalano, having himself given up everything to devote himself exclusively to art, can only, without pretension, see in it a mirror.” Located at Park & E 34th St.
Bruno Catalano sees heroes where ordinary men and women stand.
Galeries Bartoux is currently hosting acompanion exhibitionthrough June 18, 2024.
Bruno Catalano’sTravelersare now on display along Park Avenue and Galeries Bartoux is hosting a companion exhibition.
BENOÎT “is a friend and collaborator of Bruno Catalano’s foundry. What he’s carrying in his suitcase is the journey of his life, the heartbreak, what he’s left behind. On the move, on the move, he doesn’t let the trials of life, exile and detachment stop him…” Located at Park & 37th St.
BLEU DE CHINE is a dedication to all those people who arrived in Marseille to work.
Located at Park & E 37th St.
BLEU DE CHINE.
Located at Park & E 34th St.
BENOIT is a friend and collaborator of Bruno Catalano’s foundry.
BENOÎT.
Located at Park & 37th St.
BENOIT.
L’ETTOFE DES HEROS has a special status.
From his tall stature, he seems to observe a distant horizon, indiscernible to us.
L’ÉTTOFE DES HÉROS “has a special status. This faceless work presents two contrasting facets: on the one hand, the darkness of war, and on the other, exploit, a taste for adventure and a certain attraction to danger.” Located at Park & 36th St.
Located at Park & E 35th St.
KHADINE.
His works transform and play optical illusions from different angles.
J4 is Bruno Catalano’s first monumental artwork.
KHADINE is “Bruno Catalano’s companion, friend and model. From his tall stature, he seems to observe a distant horizon, indiscernible to us. Echoing the journey of this Senegalese man, torn between two countries and two continents, the work opens on the African diaspora’s questioning of its past and its heritage in the globalized world.” Located at Park & E 35th St.
It is named after a quay in the Joliette district of Marseille, the sculptor’s heartland.
Located at Park & E 35th St.
HUBERT III.
On display at Park Ave and E 38th St.
VAN GOGH.
KHADINE.
Exhibition at Galeries Bartoux.
J4 “is Bruno Catalano’s first monumental artwork. It is named after a quay in the Joliette district of Marseille, the sculptor’s heartland.” Located at Park & E 35th St.
HUBERT III. On display at Park Ave and E 38th St.
VAN GOGH.
Exhibition at Galeries Bartoux.
Exhibition at Galeries Bartoux.
