“…The still life compositions of Christopher Broadbent not only
display a studied analytical realism, but also appear to be floating in
time, as if suspended. The element of suspension is so dominant, that
the viewer is almost waiting for an event to occur for the sake of
closure, or to be able to move away from the very image, onto the
next…”
Holden Luntz, 2023
2023 Holden Luntz Gallery, Palm Beach, in group show “Of Flesh and
Stone”
“Suspended-in-time-with-christopher-broadbent”
2023 Spazio Per l’Arte Contemporanea, Lugano
“Christopher Broadbent, Still
Life”
2022 Palazzo Baviera, Senigallia.
“Rimasto nell’Ombra”.
2021 Palazzo Parasi, Cannobio “What’s Left”
2020 Centro della Fotografia Italiana, Brescia “Il Grande Incanto”
2018 Bugno Art Gallery, Venice. “Still Life”
2017 Galleria del Cembalo, Roma. “Nature Morte 2000 -2017”
2015, Palazzo Farnese, Piacenza. “Contemporary Art & Design”
2014, Pianello di Val Tidone. “Contemporary Art & Design” (group)
2013 Galleria Curti Gambuzzi, Milano. “What’s Left”
2006 Collezione Peggy Guggenheim, Venice. Il Diaframma - “Masters Of
Photography” (group)
2005, Castello di Grumello, Bergamo. “Bacco a Bergamo” (group)
2004 Fondazione Mudima, Milano. “Juxtapostions”
2002 Galleria Bernardelli, Mantova. “Solids”
1999 MIART, Milano. “Babele” (group)
1977 SICOF, Milano. “Contributi per una storia della fotografia
Italiana” (group).
Holden Luntz, Pontiggia, Daverio, Blanchaert
Christopher Broadbent’s background is in editorial still-life photography. He was born and educated in England and studied photography and cinematography in Paris a the Institut des Hautes Etudes Cinèmatographiques (IDHEC). Broadbent worked in Rome as director’s assistant with stints in five continents on documentaries before moving to Milan to direct commercials. He switched from movies to photography in the eighties, winning awards for advertising campaigns both in Italy and America. For the last ten years Broadbent has used simple still life to experiment with atmosphere and the passage of time.
Broadbent è un fotografo specializzato in still-life. Nato e cresciuto in Inghilterra, ha studiato cinematografia e fotografia a Parigi all’IDHEC (Institut des Hautes Etudes Cinèmatographiques). Dopo alcuni anni a Roma come aiuto regista, si e trasferito a Milano per lavorare nella fotografia pubblicitaria e editoriale. Premiato sia in Italia che negli Stati Uniti per i suoi lavori fotografici, da 10 anni si dedica alla ricerca intorno alla natura morta.
Archival pigment prints on cotton rag paper each in a single edition of three or five prints.
Broadbent’s work is present at
Holden Luntz Gallery 332 Worth Avenue, Palm Beach, FL
33480.
http://www.holdenluntz.com
Bugno Art Galery San Marco 1996/d – 30124 Venice
https://www.bugnoartgallery.com/it/
PerlArteContemporanea Via Cattori, 18, Lugano,
Switzerland
http://www.perlartecontemporanea.com/ita/.
info@cbroadbent.net