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Benjamin Carbonne was born in 1970 in Saint-Martin d'Hères in the Isère. A self-taught artist, he starts making art at the age of 20 and gets to express the things that bother him, sometimes his own violence, that of the others or of the world and finally to make place in himself for something else.

The artist often represents tormented beings, he focuses on the faces that are sometimes soft and sensitive, but also tortured or distorted by pain, screaming, the need for expression. In 2004 he created with poet and painter Antonio Rodriguez Yuste the contemporary art studio "Interférences", later joined by Stéphane Carbonne (sculptor, painter, singer).

Some particular works are at the origin of the Carbonne's evolution: in 2007, the completion of a 50-meter long mural at the Rivesaltes camp gives new meaning to his approach and drives him to assert his "place" as an artist in history; in 2009 he gets a commission for a "Pieta" which will push him to experiment a different treatment of the body.

After having reached with great intensity the expression of what could be most alive and raw in himself and in humanity, Benjamin makes a shift that comes naturally, working on other bodies or faces, revealing all their power in a contrast of depths and lightness, of pictorial clarification and spaces of fantasy.

Find this artist and many more in our collection of works by Somber Portrait Painters.


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All artworks of Benjamin Carbonne
Painting, Le déni, Benjamin Carbonne

Le déni

Benjamin Carbonne

Painting - 63.8 x 44.9 inch

$5,647

Painting, La Cène II, Benjamin Carbonne

La Cène II

Benjamin Carbonne

Painting - 45.3 x 88.6 x 1.2 inch

$10,728

Painting, Jeune homme, Benjamin Carbonne

Jeune homme

Benjamin Carbonne

Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$3,953

Painting, Combustion 2, Benjamin Carbonne

Combustion 2

Benjamin Carbonne

Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

$4,291

Painting, Combustion, Benjamin Carbonne

Combustion

Benjamin Carbonne

Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 inch

$4,291

Painting, Le pagne, Benjamin Carbonne

Le pagne

Benjamin Carbonne

Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 inch

$7,566

Painting, Rabbit, Benjamin Carbonne

Rabbit

Benjamin Carbonne

Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 inch

$4,404

Painting, Le poignard, Benjamin Carbonne

Le poignard

Benjamin Carbonne

Painting - 57.5 x 44.9 inch

$5,082

Painting, Presence, Benjamin Carbonne

Presence

Benjamin Carbonne

Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

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Painting, Le Col, Benjamin Carbonne

Le Col

Benjamin Carbonne

Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

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Painting, La course, Benjamin Carbonne

La course

Benjamin Carbonne

Painting - 44.9 x 57.5 inch

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Painting, Maternité, Benjamin Carbonne

Maternité

Benjamin Carbonne

Painting - 51.2 x 35 inch

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Painting, Etreinte, Benjamin Carbonne

Etreinte

Benjamin Carbonne

Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

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Painting, La Fuite, Benjamin Carbonne

La Fuite

Benjamin Carbonne

Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch

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Who is the artist?

Benjamin Carbonne was born in 1970 in Saint-Martin d'Hères in the Isère. A self-taught artist, he starts making art at the age of 20 and gets to express the things that bother him, sometimes his own violence, that of the others or of the world and finally to make place in himself for something else.

The artist often represents tormented beings, he focuses on the faces that are sometimes soft and sensitive, but also tortured or distorted by pain, screaming, the need for expression. In 2004 he created with poet and painter Antonio Rodriguez Yuste the contemporary art studio "Interférences", later joined by Stéphane Carbonne (sculptor, painter, singer).

Some particular works are at the origin of the Carbonne's evolution: in 2007, the completion of a 50-meter long mural at the Rivesaltes camp gives new meaning to his approach and drives him to assert his "place" as an artist in history; in 2009 he gets a commission for a "Pieta" which will push him to experiment a different treatment of the body.

After having reached with great intensity the expression of what could be most alive and raw in himself and in humanity, Benjamin makes a shift that comes naturally, working on other bodies or faces, revealing all their power in a contrast of depths and lightness, of pictorial clarification and spaces of fantasy.

Find this artist and many more in our collection of works by Somber Portrait Painters.

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What is Benjamin Carbonne’s artistic movement?

The artistic movements of the artists are: Somber Portrait Painters

When was Benjamin Carbonne born?

The year of birth of the artist is: 1970