This is I Viaggiatori (“The Travelers”) by artist Bruno Catalano. The sculptures symbolize the sense of emptiness and loss that can come with leaving behind one’s country, family, and community in search of a new life elsewhere.
I Viaggiatori (“The Travelers”) is part of a celebrated series of bronze sculptures by Bruno Catalano. Each figure appears to be missing a large section of its body, yet continues moving forward, often held together by a suitcase that symbolizes the memories, experiences, and pieces of identity a traveler carries with them.
The work is deeply personal to Catalano. Born in Morocco in 1960 to a family of Sicilian heritage, he moved to Marseille at age 10 and later worked at sea, experiences that shaped his fascination with departure, displacement, and belonging. His sculptures can represent immigrants, refugees, workers, or anyone whose life has been transformed by leaving home behind.
The empty spaces are not meant to represent destruction alone. Instead, they suggest that loss becomes part of a person’s journey, while also allowing new places and experiences to shape who they become. Catalano developed this signature style after a casting accident in 2004 created an unexpected gap in a sculpture. Rather than hide the flaw, he embraced it and turned it into the defining feature of his work.
In 2013, he exhibited Les Voyageurs in Marseille, the city where his family settled after leaving Morocco, adding another layer of personal meaning to the series.
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