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Catalina Andonie's fascinating giant sculptures that include loaves of bread and buckets

Taking influences from Soviet architecture, industrial objects or works by Michael Dean and Rachel Whiteread, Chilean artist Catalina Andonie crafts giant sculptures that are made from materials relevant to their original inspirations.

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Catalina Andonie's sculpture made from rusted metal and a white polyurethane bucket, displayed on a wooden platform with green foliage behind it

"I think that the balance, form, scale and materials in my pieces respond to other concerns that do not comprise a self-­referential involvement with materiality and composition," explains Catalina. "Those four elements are a, in a way, suggesting the underlying issues through all kinds of layers and densities."

Using metal, polyurethane, silicone rubber and foam, some of her pieces seemingly contain huge loaves of bread or somehow incorporate plastic buckets for building materials. She adds: "These materials are assembled together so that disproportion and exaggeration are constant presences in my work. They manifest themselves in different ways: either in the materiality and scale of an object and/or in the interactions that make up one work as well."

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Catalina Andonie's large-scale sculpture combining a weathered brown metal container with a smooth white cylindrical form, displayed on a concrete plaza
Giant sculpture by Catalina Andonie featuring an oversized golden loaf of bread suspended between two wooden poles against a concrete wall
Wooden sculpture by Catalina Andonie featuring a curved pale wood base supporting a horizontal log with a large carved bread loaf on top, displayed against a concrete wall
Two monumental wooden and metal sculptures with exaggerated proportions featuring oversized bread loaves balanced on curved and angular supports in an industrial courtyard
White sculptural form with curved base sections supporting stacked elements topped with oversized bread loaves and buckets, positioned against concrete architecture
Catalina Andonie's monumental sculpture featuring curved wooden forms and white horizontal bands mounted on a white base, positioned on a paved courtyard in front of a concrete building
Catalina Andonie's giant sculpture of a sandwich with oversize bread and pink filling displayed on a wooden plinth in a gallery window overlooking a city street
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