"Gentle Giants" by Raphaele Cohen-Bacry

Sponsored by the Arts & Culture Commission

"Gentle Giants" is a suspended installation of collaged paper figures all created from black paper and painted fragments.

Step into a world where towering figures feel less like strangers and more like quiet companions. Gentle Giants presents a gathering of tall, hand-formed characters who share the space with a calm, watchful presence. Each giant stands as part of a loose “family,” connected not by a single story but by a shared spirit. Accompanying the giants are smaller, lighter forms - suggestive of birds - scattered throughout the space. Together, the figures and birds create a gentle ecosystem, one that feels alive but unhurried, inviting viewers to pause and take it in. Gentle Giants offers an experience rooted in reassurance and imagination. It invites children and adults alike to encounter scale with ease, to find friendliness in the unfamiliar, and to see how even the simplest materials can hold a sense of magic.

Gentle Giants is a suspended installation of collaged paper figures all created from black paper and painted fragments. Collage guides Cohen-Bacry's work as both technique and philosophy - embracing difference, reclaiming discarded materials, and building forms that feel vulnerable yet resilient.

This temporary art installation is generously sponsored by the Glendale Arts & Culture Commission through funding from the Urban Art Fund, with support from Glendale Library, Arts & Culture, Glendale Community Services & Parks, and the Adams Hill Neighborhood Association.

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