The Embrace B Version

Artwork Forty Eight

… an Embrace not only as a work of art but also as a social message against discrimination. A hug to connect people…

Year: 2016

Dimensions: 255cm x 175cm

Technique: Palette knife oil on canvas

Description of the Artwork

This oil on canvas tapestry was created by Cesare Catania entirely with a spatula, inspired by a one version of the same subject created a few years earlier.

The Embrace is understood by the author between two people. The choice to represent the two figures with different colors highlights how this contemporary work of art is directly connected to the themes of anti-Semitism and racism, which for Cesare Catania are reconciled in an embrace.
The two figures in the act of embracing each other seem to overlap one another, almost as if they were giving each other protection and stability. One exists and can only exist as a function of the other.

L’Abbraccio B Version — 48-abbraccio-b-version-400x400

"L'Abbraccio" è un opera di arte contemporanea realizzata ad olio su tela dal pittore e scultore Cesare Catania — L'Abbraccio - Cesare Catania - Arte Contemporanea

Art as a Social Message

The Embrace Project

“”… art is no longer seen as the ultimate goal aimed at by the Artist but as a means to do good in an ethical manner…””

(Cesare Catania)

Appointed as Global Unique Ambassador for National Hugging Day in 2023

An Embrace is worth more than 1000 Words

What seemed to be a simple work of art becomes a vision for Cesare Catania… Hence the desire to create numerous embraces over the years, with always different techniques but all linked to a single theme: that according to which “a hug is worth more than 1000 words…“

Abbraccio E Version — "The Embraces"

Artwork 90 – The Embrace (E Version)

L'Abbraccio F Version Front — "The Embraces"

Artwork 91 – The Embrace (F Version)

"The Embraces"

EightyEight and EightyNine – “The Embrace” (C and D Version)

The Embrace B — "The Embraces"

Forty-Eight – “The Embrace (B Version)”

"The Embraces"

Seventeen – “Embrace” A Version

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1 - The Heart of the Earth B Version - Contemporary sculpture made by the sculptor Cesare Catania - x Slider 1920x800

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“... the marble dust coming from the Earth and the meteorite fragments coming from the Universe ...”

2 - Selfportrait - Contemporary painting made by the painter Cesare Catania - x Slider 1920x800

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“... in this artwork Cesare Catania illustrates the oxymorons present in his personality ...”

3 - Harlequin in the Land of Giants - Contemporary painting made by the sculptor Cesare Catania - x Slider 1920x800

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“... hyperrealism and surrealism ...”

4 - The Heart of the Earth C Version - Contemporary sculpture made by the sculptor Cesare Catania - x Slider 1920x800

Artwork Title: “The Heart of the Earth – C Version”

“... the power of the Earth ...”

5 - The Man Who Does Not See - Contemporary sculpture made by the sculptor Cesare Catania - x Slider 1920x800

Artwork Title: “The Man Who Does Not See”

“... the man is immersed in the society around him blindfolded ...”

6 - The Mouth of Etna E Version - Contemporary sculpture made by the artist Cesare Catania - x Slider 1920x800

Artwork Title: “The Mouth of Etna – E Version”

“... passion for colours, for energy and for contemporary sculpture ...”

7 - Trois Hommes - Contemporary tapestry made by the painter Cesare Catania - x Slider 1920x800

Artwork Title: “Trois Hommes”

“... art and science …”

8 - Summer Readings - Contemporary painting made by the painter Cesare Catania - x Slider 1920x800

Artwork Title: “Summer Readings”

“... art and maths ...”

9 - The Cage - Contemporary sculpture 3D painting made by the sculptor Cesare Catania - x Slider 1920x800

Artwork Title: “The Cage”

“... 3D painting and sculpture in the same artwork ...”

10 - The Cutting A Version - Contemporary sculpture 3D painting made by the sculptor Cesare Catania - x Slider 1920x800

Artwork Title: “The Cutting – A Version”

“... abstraction and contemporary idea of art ...”

11 - Confusion - The Open Cutting - Contemporary sculpture 3D painting made by the sculptor Cesare Catania - x Slider 1920x800

Artwork Title: “Confusion (The Open Cutting)”

“... abstract art ...”

12 - The Embrace B Version - Contemporary tapestry made by the painter Cesare Catania - x Slider 1920x800

Artwork Title: “The Embrace – B Version”

“... everything starts from an embrace …”

13 - Flamingos at the Mirror - Contemporary painting made by the painter Cesare Catania - x Slider 1920x800

Artwork Title: “Flamingos at the Mirror”

“... the metaphor of human being ...”

14 - The Mouth of Etna F Version - Contemporary Sculpture 3D Painting made by the sculptor Cesare Catania - x Slider 1920x800

Artwork Title: “The Mouth of Etna – F Version”

“... when the sculpture becomes energy ...”

15 - Woman with a Book - Contemporary painting made by the painter Cesare Catania - x Slider 1920x800

Artwork Title: “Woman with a Book”

“... love for colours ...”

16 - The Mouth of Etna A Version - Contemporary sculpture made by the artist Cesare Catania - x Slider 1920x800

Artwork Title: “The Mouth of Etna – A Version”

“... passion for contemporary art ...”

Forty-Eight – “The Embrace (B Version)”