Pablo Bronstein
°1977, Buenos Aires (AR) - lives and works in London (UK)
Through drawing, sculpture, video and performance, Pablo Bronstein is interested in the links between classical architecture and contemporary urbanism, between settings and decors or between art and dance. His work often combines references to the history of architecture, from Roman antiquity and the Baroque to Neo-classicism and Post-modernism, as well as hints to art history, from the Renaissance to the Modern period. One of his key interests is how architecture has the ability to intervene in personal identity or to inform our movements, behaviours, and social customs.
Bronstein uses architecture as a means to engage with power: of history, monuments, and the built environment. Using pen and ink on paper, his acutely drafted drawings capture an archival romance of a grand age, a nostalgic longing for the imposing and imperial. Adopting the styles of various architects and movements, his elaborate designs become plausible inventions, both paying homage to and critiquing the emblems of civil engineering.
Pablo Bronstein – Exhibition view at London Mithraeum, Bloomberg Space, London in 2019
Pablo Bronstein – The largeness of China seen from a great distance, installation view at Galleria Franco Noero, Torino in 2018
Pablo Bronstein – The largeness of China seen from a great distance, installation view at Galleria Franco Noero, Torino in 2018
Pablo Bronstein – We live in Mannerist times, installation view at Galleria Franco Noero, Torino in 2018
Solo shows include Institute of Contemporary Art, London; Tate Britain, London; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Chisenhale Gallery, London; and Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau, Munich.
Pablo Bronstein has also participated in numerous collective exhibitions in international institutions, including Tate Modern, London; Hayward Gallery, London; Haus der Kunst, Munich; and K20, Dusseldorf. Bronstein has participated in Manifesta 8 in 2010-2011; Performa 07, The Second Biennial of Visual Arts, New York; and at the Tate Triennale, London.
His work is included in major public and private collections worldwide, including the collection of Tate, London; Collection Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau, Munich; Brooklyn Museum, New York; Collection of Prints and Drawings of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich; and Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Pablo Bronstein is represented by the following galleries;
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Pablo Bronstein – exhibition view at Inverleith House, Edinburgh in 2015
Pablo Bronstein – Festival Cart in the Egyptian Taste, 2018
Installation view of Pablo Bronstein and the Treasures of Chatsworth at Nothingham Contemporary in 2015
