Man With Cat

Todd Bienvenu

Man With Cat, 202142 x 17.5 x 23cmSign in to view price
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This bronze sculpture depicts a man standing and holding a small figure, likely a child, in his arms. The work is characterized by a rough, textured surface that gives the piece a rugged, expressive quality. The overall composition is simple yet poignant, capturing a moment of tenderness and human connection. The artist's style appears to be a modernist interpretation of the traditional figure sculpture, emphasizing the emotional resonance of the subject matter over strict realism. This piece likely reflects the artist's desire to explore themes of parental love, vulnerability, and the human condition within a contemporary sculptural idiom. ...

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Todd Bienvenu
Artist
Todd Bienvenu
B.1980, American

Todd Bienvenu’s thick oil and acrylic paintings are expressive, resplendent and uninhibited. Emerging first from his dense figurative compositions are the power and energy of his strong colors and their spontaneous movement. He begins by applying colors directly: abstract forms emerge, and the subjects develop naturally, excavated through the process of addition and subtraction of paint. Bienvenu never hesitates to fill his paintings with self-mockery. He takes us with him to drunken parties by the pool, stages us in our most intimate and almost shameful moment with a very thick and chromatically dense touch. He depicts beaches, alcohol, sex, tattooed rockers, urban scenes and fragments of the everyday life – his biographical universe. Although his subjects are often burlesque, we perceive a form of underlying melancholy. Indeed, many of them are the result of a reflection that is a source of both nostalgia and solace. Embedded within the artist’s sense of humor and freewheeling paint, the paintings bear within them major and timeless existential questions. A more profound feeling, a tragic dimension offset the apparent lightness. In Bienvenu’s recent work, the vulnerability of the body holds an important place. In this respect, subjects such as snowboard and skateboard crashes and then, by extension, bike and car accidents, echo the physical changes related to age and the fragility of a body that is no longer 18 years old. Bienvenu speaks as much of the party as of its end. It is as if the deep solitude of being has been made visible, even within the most banal and “good-natured” day-to-day. Yet it is a question neither of sadness nor of resignation, it is the opposite. ...

Todd Bienvenu: Artworks
Bain des Pâquis
Todd Bienvenu
Bain des Pâquis, 2019
223.5 x 193cm
Pulpo
Todd Bienvenu
Pulpo, 2019
134.5 x 119.5cm
Wipeout
Todd Bienvenu
Wipeout, 2021
32 x 35 x 28cm
Seagulls
Todd Bienvenu
Seagulls, 2017
170 x 193cm
The NSA Has Seen You Naked
Todd Bienvenu
The NSA Has Seen You Naked, 2018
213.4 x 243.8cm
The Dude Abides
Todd Bienvenu
The Dude Abides, 2018
238.8 x 208.3cm
Lake Oachita
Todd Bienvenu
Lake Oachita, 2019
195.5 x 223.5cm
Elevation
Todd Bienvenu
Elevation, 2021
99 x 132cm
Big Pink Wipeout
Todd Bienvenu
Big Pink Wipeout, 2022
502.9 x 556.3 x 4.4cm
Shades 2
Todd Bienvenu
Shades 2, 2016
76 x 91cm
Beach Towel
Todd Bienvenu
Beach Towel, 2016
107 x 94cm
Wipeout #5
Todd Bienvenu
Wipeout #5, 2021
196.5 x 223cm
Lazera
Todd Bienvenu
Lazera, 2021
198.1 x 182.8cm
Man on couch with cat
Todd Bienvenu
Man on couch with cat, 2022
28 x 36cm
Pizzabutt
Todd Bienvenu
Pizzabutt, 2016
61 x 53cm
Man With Cat
Todd Bienvenu
Man With Cat, 2021
42 x 17.5 x 23cm
Nick at the beach
Todd Bienvenu
Nick at the beach, 2022
86.3 x 76.2cm
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