Picture "Untitled" (2006) (Unique piece) New
Picture "Untitled" (2006) (Unique piece) New
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unique piece | signed | dated | charcoal on wove paper | framed | size 53 x 43 cm
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Picture "Untitled" (2006) (Unique piece)
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Die Zeichnung sei ein "leichtes, unprätentiöses Medium", sagte Stephan Balkenhol einmal. Gerade auf Papier zeigt sich, wie souverän der Bildhauer mit wenigen Strichen Charakter und Präsenz entstehen lassen kann. Was seinen Holzskulpturen Volumen und körperliche Kraft verleiht, verdichtet sich in seinen Zeichnungen auf Linie, Fläche und Ausdruck.
Ein eindrucksvolles Beispiel dafür ist das Porträt "Ohne Titel" von 2006. Die Kohlezeichnung zeigt einen jungen Mann in Anzug, Hemd und Krawatte. Sein Kopf ist leicht nach rechts gewandt, womit er sich dem Blick der Betrachtenden entzieht. So wirkt die Figur zugleich nah und unnahbar - und lässt auf diese Weise Raum für eigene Deutungen. Gerade in dieser Reduktion liegt die besondere Qualität des Porträts: Balkenhol verzichtet auf erzählerische Details und individuelle Zuschreibungen und konzentriert sich ganz auf sein Gegenüber.
So fügt sich der junge Mann in jenen charakteristischen Figurenkosmos ein, für den Balkenhol bekannt ist: Menschen, die keiner bestimmten Geschichte verpflichtet sind und gerade deshalb eine zeitlose Präsenz entwickeln.
Kohle auf Velin, 2006. Signiert und datiert. Motivgröße/Blattformat 32 x 24 cm. Format im Rahmen 53 x 43 cm wie Abbildung.
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About Stephan Balkenhol
In the field of figurative sculpture, Stephan Balkenhol is one of Germany's most significant and internationally successful artists. Collectors all over the world covet his works. Especially in the USA, he and his works are popular. The prices for his works are consistently rising.
The human being is the focus of his works. Balkenhol deliberately avoids the clear depiction of emotions in the faces of his figures. He refuses to dictate specific feelings and interpretations. The viewer is encouraged to discover the stories behind the faces that gaze into nothingness.
Wood is the artist's favourite material. Soft woods such as poplar or wawa wood allow the artist to precisely carve out the faces of his figures. The material always remains recognisable, and the processing retains a rough structure beneath the painted surface.
Stephan Balkenhol, born in Fritzlar, Germany in 1957, studied at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg. His work is celebrated in exhibitions in major art capitals such as New York, Tokyo, London, Madrid and Berlin.
A one-of-a-kind or unique piece is a work of art personally created by the artist. It exists only once due to the type of production (oil painting, watercolour, drawing, lost-wax sculpture etc.).
In addition to the classic unique pieces, there are also the so-called "serial unique pieces". They present a series of works with the same colour, motif and technique, manually prepared by the same artist. The serial unique pieces are rooted in "serial art", a genre of modern art that aims to create an aesthetic effect through series, repetitions, and variations of the same objects or themes or a system of constant and variable elements or principles.
The historical starting point is considered to be Claude Monet's "Les Meules" (1890/1891), where, for the first time, a series was created that went beyond a mere group of works. The other artists, who addressed to the serial art, include Claude Monet, Piet Mondrian and above all Gerhard Richter.