Concrete: Ross Bonfanti
Past exhibition
Overview
Toronto-based Ross Bonfanti's sculptures subvert Pop disposability with personal pathos. Taking found soft toys, Bonfanti destabilises their initial cushioned appearance by re-imagining them in concrete, studding them with nails, nuts and screws. Evocative of modernity and urbanity, his sculptures are nonetheless nostalgic, hearkening back to childhood innocence and play. Despite their cement exoskeletons, Bonfanti retains the toys' fluffy seams and velvet noses, leaving the sculptures in a striking state of in-between.
The first London exhibition of Bonfanti's work, following several sell-out shows at our New York gallery, will feature tufted birds on wrought iron-branches, dogs on chains and towers of playfully-balanced teddies, challenging our expectations of weight, weightlessness, texture and form. Bonfanti's work has appeared on the front page of The New York Times in its coverage of the Seattle Art Fair 2015, and was acquired by the Hirshhorn Museum, at The Smithsonian Institute, Washington.
Works
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Ross Bonfanti, Balancing Act c617, 2016
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Ross Bonfanti, Little Birdy, 2016
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Ross Bonfanti, Embarrassment c606, 2016
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Ross Bonfanti, Pug c600, 2016
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Ross Bonfanti, Dalmatian c599, 2016
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Ross Bonfanti, Parliament, 2016
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Ross Bonfanti, Teddy Tower c615, 2016
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Ross Bonfanti, Perched c612, 2016
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Ross Bonfanti, Perched c611, 2016
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Ross Bonfanti, Cling c614, 2016
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Ross Bonfanti, Fluffle, 2016