Bruno Catalano
Bruno Catalano | |
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| Born | Khouribga |
| Website | http://brunocatalano.com/ |
Bruno Catalano (Khouribga, 1960[1]) is a French sculptor, most renown for creating sculptures of figures with substantial sections missing.[2][3]
Biography
Originally from Morocco, Bruno is the third and last child of a Sicilian family. In 1970 the Catalano family left Morocco for France. In 1982 he started working at the Société Nationale maritime Corse Méditerranée. He stayed there 4 years until 1986.[1] He cites his experience as a sailor as central to his inspiration.[2][4]
Catalano was acquainted with sculpting in 1981 in Marseille where he enrolled in Françoise Hamel’s modeling classes. After two years of education, he opened his own art practise in 1985 and secured an oven in which he would bake his first clay figure. Later Catalano began to make big bronze sculptures. His first works were compact and conventional but the later series become increasingly expressive.[5] In 2004 a flaw in one of his characters – a depiction of Cyrano – prompted him to dig and hollow out the chest. A new path of work ensues.[1][6] An exhibition took place in Marseille in September 2013, to celebrate its status as the European Capital of Culture with ten life-size sculptures exhibited at the port of Marseille.[2][7]
References
- ^ a b c Bruno Catalano official website. Bio
- ^ a b c Watson, Leon, "He's not famous... he's a real no body! Bizarre statues depicting 'invisible' men that play tricks on the eye", Daily Mail, 13 Jun 2013. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
- ^ Sculture per un mondo in transito: I Voyageurs di Bruno Catalano. By Giancarlo Napolitano. Racna Magazine, 20 Dec 2014.
- ^ Bruno Catalano (video). Modus Art Gallery website.
- ^ Bruno Catelano, Galerie Bartoux website. Retrieved 2016-02-09
- ^ "Bruno Catalano - Art Thema Gallery".
- ^ Video. Exposition Bruno Catalano. Septembre2013. Le Pavillon M à Marseille expose Les Voyageurs sur l'esplanade Bargemon
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