Stephen Broadbent

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Stephen Broadbent is a British sculptor, specialising in public art. He was born in Wroughton, Wiltshire in 1961 and educated at Liverpool Blue Coat School. In Liverpool he studied sculpture for four years under Arthur Dooley. [1]

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He has created public sculptures for communities across the UK and for international projects. His sculptural practice aims to create artworks which resonate with the environments in which they are placed, often achieved through community collaboration. [2]

Significant works

Broadbent contributed to the remodelling of Bridge Street in Warrington town centre, the site of the 1993 Warrington bomb attacks that killed two children. His 'River Of Life' memorial is intended to give hope for the future, and takes the form of a fountain and a river running down the street, bringing healing and refreshment.

He has created two versions of the Reconciliation Triangle. The first, in 1989, represented connections between Liverpool, Glasgow and Dublin. The second marked the legacy of the slave trade in the histories of Liverpool, Richmond, Virginia and Benin. The sculptures in each connected city are identical (apart from the addition of low-relief bronze designs), marking the historical connections between locations whilst creating a new one in a process of healing. [3]

His sculptures on Littlehaven Promenade, South Shields and Keel Square, Sunderland, both contributed to winning entries into the 2015 Northern Design Awards.[ citation needed ]

His largest work, 'Encounter', stands at junction 11 of the M62 Motorway at Birchwood, and incorporates telecommunications aerials within the metalwork.

List of works

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References

  1. ↑ John., Whitehouse (c. 1999). Stephen Broadbent: sculptor : commissions from 1987-1997. Prenton: Guy Woodland. ISBN   0953199509. OCLC   41213476.
  2. ↑ Richardson, Tim (2008). Avant gardeners : 50 visionaries of the contemporary landscape. Schwartz, Martha. New York: Thames & Hudson. ISBN   9780500513934. OCLC   181422412.
  3. ↑ "Reconciliation in Richmond, 2007".
  4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20160512120834/http://pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/4864
  5. ↑ https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/62870
  6. ↑ http://www.bdp.com/en/projects/a-e/Cathedral-Gardens-Manchester
  7. ↑ https://www.tameside.gov.uk/chartism
  8. ↑ http://www.liverpoolmonuments.co.uk/sculpture/faces01.html
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  10. ↑ http://www.oneoffslimited.co.uk/see-our-work/liverpool-hope-universitys-seed-suspended-sculpture
  11. ↑ http://manchesterhistory.net/manchester/outside/casuals.html
  12. ↑ https://visitcleveleys.co.uk/about/seafront/mythic-coast-on-cleveleys-seafront
  13. ↑ https://www.oobe.co.uk/project/littlehaven-promenade
  14. ↑ https://www.ncm.org.uk/donate/support-our-miners-memorial-garden
  15. ↑ "Bell will ring out to mark industrial past". Peterborough Telegraph. 5 October 2017. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  16. ↑ http://altrincham.today/2018/09/13/news/everything-need-know-eudaemonium-13-foot-wooden-bronze-book-thats-appeared-altrincham-town-centre
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