ABOUT
ARTIST STATEMENT
I spent many years refining my ambient photography skills, and this process brought me to the fine art world, which is eager of new ideas, new emotions and singularity.
BIOGRAPHY
Christian Basetti, classe ’79, vive a Milano, è appassionato fin da bambino di disegno e arte visiva. Passione che sfocia prima nella frequentazione della scuola di fumetto in giovane età e poi nella specializzazione nel campo dell’aerografia.
La passione alla fine viene canalizzata nella fotografia: i grandi viaggi in solitaria attorno al mondo e la fotografia diventano un binomio indissolubile e complementare.
Appassionato anche di fotografia d’architettura, anche in questo caso ammira l’iconocità delle grandi opere sia del mondo antico che moderno; nella sua passione sente la sfida di far parlare con gli scatti le grandi opere costruite, come se fossero delle creature narcisistiche silenziose in attesa di qualcuno che esprima la loro grandezza.
Christian Basetti, born in 1979, lives in Milan. He developed since childhood a passion about drawing and visual art, which led him to attend the comic school first, and then to a specialization in airbrushing.
His passion has been eventually channeled in photography: his big solo journeys and photography became an unbreakable and complementary combination.
Since he’s fond of architectural photography, even in this case he admires the iconicity of the great works of the ancient and modern world; in his passion he feels the challenge to make the great works talk through his shots, as if they were silent, narcissistic creatures, waiting for someone to express their greatness.
His need of journeying solo it’s a necessary condition for satisfying the most complete sense of freedom, which is fundamental to the artistic creation of the shots.
Sleeping inside a car, taking long hikes with the most unusual climatic conditions just to take a shot of a dawn, of a dusk or a Milky Way, become pleasing habits which keep on the vital spark tied to a lust for adventure.
That very lust, so admired in the protagonists of many movies or adventure novels (or really existed), which too often we relegate deep down our hearts, because of laziness or the weight of daily routine.
The daily working life anesthetized his wandering spirit.
In 2015, quite by accident, he came across some pictures of abandoned places and, like a spark, something lighten up inside him, a dormant, vital flicker which wanted to arise so bad.
He discovered an alternative world made of explorations within hours from his house, a secret world existing both in the present and in the past, an out-of-time, suspended dimension. He discovered places sometimes hardly accessible or simply hidden and isolated from the big cities.
The ANACRONURBEX project came to life.
Christian Basetti, classe ’79, vive a Milano, è appassionato fin da bambino di disegno e arte visiva. Passione che sfocia prima nella frequentazione della scuola di fumetto in giovane età e poi nella specializzazione nel campo dell’aerografia.
La passione alla fine viene canalizzata nella fotografia: i grandi viaggi in solitaria attorno al mondo e la fotografia diventano un binomio indissolubile e complementare.
Appassionato anche di fotografia d’architettura, anche in questo caso ammira l’iconocità delle grandi opere sia del mondo antico che moderno; nella sua passione sente la sfida di far parlare con gli scatti le grandi opere costruite, come se fossero delle creature narcisistiche silenziose in attesa di qualcuno che esprima la loro grandezza.
Christian Basetti, born in 1979, lives in Milan. He developed since childhood a passion about drawing and visual art, which led him to attend the comic school first, and then to a specialization in airbrushing.
His passion has been eventually channeled in photography: his big solo journeys and photography became an unbreakable and complementary combination.
Since he’s fond of architectural photography, even in this case he admires the iconicity of the great works of the ancient and modern world; in his passion he feels the challenge to make the great works talk through his shots, as if they were silent, narcissistic creatures, waiting for someone to express their greatness.
His need of journeying solo it’s a necessary condition for satisfying the most complete sense of freedom, which is fundamental to the artistic creation of the shots.
Sleeping inside a car, taking long hikes with the most unusual climatic conditions just to take a shot of a dawn, of a dusk or a Milky Way, become pleasing habits which keep on the vital spark tied to a lust for adventure.
That very lust, so admired in the protagonists of many movies or adventure novels (or really existed), which too often we relegate deep down our hearts, because of laziness or the weight of daily routine.
The daily working life anesthetized his wandering spirit.
In 2015, quite by accident, he came across some pictures of abandoned places and, like a spark, something lighten up inside him, a dormant, vital flicker which wanted to arise so bad.
He discovered an alternative world made of explorations within hours from his house, a secret world existing both in the present and in the past, an out-of-time, suspended dimension. He discovered places sometimes hardly accessible or simply hidden and isolated from the big cities.
The ANACRONURBEX project came to life.
EXHIBITS
2018 – Mostra personale presso Spazio Natta in centro a Como
2018 – Mostra personale presso Villa Borletti di Origgio (Varese)
2019 – Presentazione opere come artista della serata presso Rotary Club di Saronno (Varese)
2019 – Serata concerto ” Fotografia e pianoforte ” presso Villa Borletti di Origgio
2019 – Mostra collettiva presso Galleria “exfabbricadellebambole” di Milano
2019 – Mostra personale presso “Spazio ex Fornace “lungo Navigli di Milano
2020 – Mostra personale presso “Sala Veratti”, in centro storico a Varese
2020 – Mostra personale presso “ Galleria d’arte Quadrifoglio ” a Rho (Milano)
2020 – Articolo con pubblicazione foto copertina sulla rivista arte e design “Living” di Varese (n. 117)
2018 – Solo exhibition at “Spazio Natta” – Como storic center
2018 – Solo exhibition at ” Villa Borletti ” – Origgio (Varese)
2019 – Artworks showcase at “Rotary Club Saronno” – Saronno, (Varese)
2019 – Music concert for piano and solo exhibition ” Photography and piano” at Villa Borletti , Origgio (Varese)
2019 – Collective exhibition at “exfabbricadellebambole gallery”- Milan
2019 – Solo exhibition at “Spazio ex Fornace ” – Navigli sidewalk, Milan
2020 – Solo exhibition at “Sala Veratti”, storic center, Varese
2020 – Solo exhibition at “ Galleria d’arte Quadrifoglio ” – Rho, (Milan)
2020 – Publication with article and cover image on “Living”, Varese art and
design magazine (number 117)
2018 – Mostra personale presso Spazio Natta in centro a Como
2018 – Mostra personale presso Villa Borletti di Origgio (Varese)
2019 – Presentazione opere come artista della serata presso Rotary Club di Saronno (Varese)
2019 – Serata concerto ” Fotografia e pianoforte ” presso Villa Borletti di Origgio
2019 – Mostra collettiva presso Galleria “exfabbricadellebambole” di Milano
2019 – Mostra personale presso “Spazio ex Fornace “lungo Navigli di Milano
2020 – Mostra personale presso “Sala Veratti”, in centro storico a Varese
2020 – Mostra personale presso “ Galleria d’arte Quadrifoglio ” a Rho (Milano)
2020 – Articolo con pubblicazione foto copertina sulla rivista arte e design “Living” di Varese (n. 117)
2018 – Solo exhibition at “Spazio Natta” – Como storic center
2018 – Solo exhibition at ” Villa Borletti ” – Origgio (Varese)
2019 – Artworks showcase at “Rotary Club Saronno” – Saronno, (Varese)
2019 – Music concert for piano and solo exhibition ” Photography and piano” at Villa Borletti , Origgio (Varese)
2019 – Collective exhibition at “exfabbricadellebambole gallery”- Milan
2019 – Solo exhibition at “Spazio ex Fornace ” – Navigli sidewalk, Milan
2020 – Solo exhibition at “Sala Veratti”, storic center, Varese
2020 – Solo exhibition at “ Galleria d’arte Quadrifoglio ” – Rho, (Milan)
2020 – Publication with article and cover image on “Living”, Varese art and
design magazine (number 117)