jean-paul cattin

art - Monsters I + II + III

  • MONSTERS NEW YORK

    During a difficult, solitary time in New York, I wandered through Midtown at night — lost in thought, lost in the noise.

    Suddenly, through the fog of the city’s chaos, I saw them: traffic fences — broken, twisted, staring back at me. Faces.

    Each one seemed to speak in the language of the streets: the rumble of trucks, the screech of tires, distant sirens.

    Grimacing, distorted, wounded — they carried stories of silence, anger, resilience. These are the monsters of the city. Or perhaps, reflections of myself.

    Limited edition of 3 — signed & numbered
    New York  2009

     

    MONSTERS II

    Graphic, almost monochrome portraits of abandoned hotel bathrooms — transformed into sentient beings through pipes, fixtures, and wall scars.

    A place once intimate, now stripped of purpose. The echoes of past lives linger in silence.

    These forgotten interiors stare back with vacant eyes, waiting. For what, they don’t know. Just before disappearance.

    Unique edition (1/1) — signed & numbered
    Geneva 2011

     

    MONSTERS PLAYA

    A beach like so many others — sun blazing, bodies moving, the rhythm of summer in full swing.

    Billions of grains of sand crushed beneath the weight of vacationers. Ice cream, sunscreen, inflatable toys… and a heat that never lets up.

    But sometimes, in a fleeting pause, strange shapes appear. The sand shifts and settles, revealing ephemeral monsters — as if longing for rest, or simply tired of being walked on.

    Unique edition (1/1) — signed & numbered
    Monte Argentario, Italy 2010