Christopher Broughton: Works on Paper, 2001-2008

August 23 – September 27, 2008

Reception: Thurs. Sept. 4, 6-8pm

Chris Broughton, blackochregreys, 2007, flashe on paper

Chris Broughton, Untitled 1, 2008, charcoal & ink on paper

Chris Broughton, Untitled (Film Study 1), 2007, charcoal on paper

Chris Broughton, Charcoal Study 7, 2004, charcoal on paper

Chris Broughton, Quartet Study 6, 2001, charcoal on paper

This solo exhibition features a survey of the artist’s drawings since 2001 and promotes an examination of space, surface and figure/ground relationships. Meticulous and mathematical, Broughton’s drawings are more than just a mesmerizing surface. The rotaries of line are explorations of the basic element of drawing, an abstract grammar that alludes to the significance and cadence of the process.

Originally from Peabody, MA, Broughton graduated from Montserrat College of Art in 1993. In 1996, he completed his MFA in Painting and Printmaking from Yale University. In 1998, he was the recipient of a Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation Stuio Grant and received a Louis Comfort tiffany Biennial Award in 2001. He has been showing regularly between Boston and New York City. In past exhibitions, such as the groups shows Accumulation and Off the Grid, Broughton’s work has been displayed for its methodological approach, use of repetition and the identity of the work as both unique and as blueprint or scheme.