CHRISTOPHER BOFFOLI BIG APPETITES (2005-Ongoing)
Clamshell Lovers, C-type printed on Kodak Metallic paper
The world is gastronomic: lovers embrace in a clamshell; canoeists set sail on split milk; scuba divers prepare to submerge in a cup of tea; a golfer tees off the top of a cupcake.
Christopher Boffoli (b. Massachusetts, US) belongs to a select group of artists who play with scale, magnifying and subverting the everyday to create a world for his meticulously hand-painted miniature figures to inhabit.
Christopher Boffoli is a Seattle-based photographer, artist, writer and filmmaker. With a background in literature and writing, he worked for more than twelve years in the field of philanthropy before focusing on fine art photography. He belongs to a select group of artists who play with scale, magnifying and subverting the everyday to create a world for his meticiulously hand-painted miniature figures to inhabit. “There is in some part a god-like feeling to having command of an entire world, which you can rearrange at any capricious whim.”The engaging and humorous results also offer commentary on America’s overconsumption and the country’s sometimes dysfunctional relationship with food.
Represented by galleries in Canada, the US, the UK and Monaco, his work has been published, online and in print, in more than 80 countries around the world.
Hello. Thanks for the post. I appreciate you wanting to share my work with a wider audience. But just a few things: First, the image you've posted here is NOT part of the Spring Medley show. It is a draft image (without corrections) that was stolen off one of my servers last year and spread around the Internet. I'm not sure where you're sourcing images from but randomly grabbing a copyrighted image off the Web without permission doesn't really paint my work in the best light. I would have gladly provided you with an image if you had asked. Second, I'm not sure by what standard you proclaim my work less well-known than another artist doing parallel work. My images from this series have widely published around the world. But with that said, why does that even matter? And finally (if you'll forgive my pedantry) I prefer to go by my full name "Christopher" and not Chris.
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