Overview

 

The anti-heroic sculpture of Ross Bonfanti is energised by a tension between the delicate and the sturdy, the fixed and the flexible. With tufted birds dangling precariously from wrought-iron bars, teddies stacked in haphazard towers and woodland bears balanced on rusted cans, expectations of weight, weightlessness, texture and form are fully de-stabilised.

 

Bonfanti's concreatures are created from cement, hardware materials and found soft toys, all collected in the artist’s native Toronto. But even as he redefines their sumptuous bodies and studs them with nails and screws, Bonfanti deliberately retains the toys’ fluffy seams, their felt noses and their glass eyes. The sculptures stand in a striking state of in-between: Fortified for modernity and urbanity, the charm of a bygone age still lingers. 

 

Bonfanti's work is eagerly sought by major collectors in America and the UK. He has work in several public and corporate collections in Canada, as well as in the Hirshhorn Museum, at the Smithsonian Institute, Washington.

 

 

Works
  • Ross Bonfanti, Pack c902, 2025
    Pack c902, 2025
  • Ross Bonfanti, Equilibrium c906, 2025
    Equilibrium c906, 2025
  • Ross Bonfanti, Pup Concreature c878, 2025
    Pup Concreature c878, 2025
  • Ross Bonfanti, Kiss c904, 2025
    Kiss c904, 2025
  • Ross Bonfanti, Teddy Concreature c901, 2025
    Teddy Concreature c901, 2025
  • Ross Bonfanti, Teddy Concreature c903, 2025
    Teddy Concreature c903, 2025
  • Ross Bonfanti, Little Angel 1 (c884), 2024
    Little Angel 1 (c884), 2024
  • Ross Bonfanti, Gritty Kitty (c882), 2024
    Gritty Kitty (c882), 2024
  • Ross Bonfanti, Heavyweightlessness (c883), 2024
    Heavyweightlessness (c883), 2024
  • Ross Bonfanti Canadian artist soft toy concrete sculpture with nails and screws
    Rainbow Teddy c869, 2023
  • Ross Bonfanti Canadian artist soft toy concrete sculpture with nails and screws
    Balancing act c881, 2023
  • Ross Bonfanti, Captive Bunny c835, 2022
    Captive Bunny c835, 2022
  • Ross Bonfanti, Croc c473, 2013
    Croc c473, 2013
  • Ross Bonfanti, Cat c512, 2013
    Cat c512, 2013
  • Ross Bonfanti Canadian artist soft toy concrete sculpture with nails and screws
    Dachshund (c879), 2023
  • Ross Bonfanti Canadian artist soft toy concrete sculpture with nails and screws
    Dizzy (c880), 2023
  • Ross Bonfanti Canadian artist soft toy concrete sculpture with nails and screws
    Angel c874, 2023
  • Ross Bonfanti Canadian artist soft toy concrete sculpture with nails and screws
    St Sebastian c774, 2019
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