Bruno Catalano

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Bruno Catalano
Born1960 (age 6364)
Notable work Les Voyageurs sculptures
Website http://brunocatalano.com/

Bruno Catalano (born 1960 [1] ) is an Italian French sculptor who was born in Khouribga (Morocco), renowned for creating sculptures of figures with substantial sections missing. [2]

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Early life

2016 Singapur, Gardens, Les Voyageurs sculpture 2016 Singapur, Gardens by the Bay, Wewnatrz Kwiatowej Kopuly (44).jpg
2016 Singapur, Gardens, Les Voyageurs sculpture

Originally from Morocco, Catalano is the third and youngest 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. [1] He cites his experience as a sailor as central to his inspiration. He is also an electrician. [3]

Career

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 practice 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. [4] 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 ensued. [1] [5]

An exhibition of Catalano's sculptures entitled Les Voyageurs 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. [6]

Sculpture of Bruno Catalano on the Piazza de Ferrari in Genova (Italy) in 2024. SculptureBrunoCatalanoGenes3.jpg
Sculpture of Bruno Catalano on the Piazza de Ferrari in Genova (Italy) in 2024.
Sculpture of Bruno Catalano in the station Genova Brignole in Genova (Italy) in 2024. SculptureBrunoCatalanoGenes2.jpg
Sculpture of Bruno Catalano in the station Genova Brignole in Genova (Italy) in 2024.
Sculpture of Bruno Catalano in the port of Genova (Italy) in 2024. SculptureBrunoCatalanoGenes.jpg
Sculpture of Bruno Catalano in the port of Genova (Italy) in 2024.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Bruno Catalano official website. Bio
  2. Sculture per un mondo in transito: I Voyageurs di Bruno Catalano. By Giancarlo Napolitano. Racna Magazine, 20 December 2014.
  3. Catalano Archived 8 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine (video). Modus Art Gallery website.
  4. -catalano.html#.VVJrnflVhHw Bruno Catelano, Galerie Bartoux website. Retrieved 2016-02-09
  5. "Bruno Catalano – Art Thema Gallery". Archived from the original on 22 August 2016.
  6. Video. Exposition Bruno Catalano. Septembre2013. Le Pavillon M à Marseille expose Les Voyageurs sur l'esplanade Bargemon Archived 6 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine