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Breaking with a certain modern abstract sculpture tradition, Stephan Balkenhol has returned to figuration and a creative process that favors craftsmanship. Going against the stream of an ultra-rapid society, he has rediscovered a taste for slow elaboration where the physical relationship to the material (roughly cut raw wood) triumphs. His work is a concentration of sensuality, vivacity and monumentality, always counterbalanced by a drop of humor. "Castle" (Level +1) is a painted wooden relief and presents a view of the castle of Bourscheid, caught between the invading materiality of the massive support and the immateriality of the ephemeral idyll.

Details

  • Title: Relief : Castle
  • Creator: Stephan Balkenhol
  • Creator Lifespan: 1957
  • Creator Nationality: German
  • Creator Gender: Male
  • Date Created: 2003
  • Physical Dimensions: w200 x h200 x d5 cm (Complete)
  • Type: Bas-relief sur bois
  • Rights: Collection Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Mudam Luxembourg Donation Raymond Learsy / Melva Bucksbaum en hommage à S.A.R. La Grande-Duchesse Joséphine-Charlotte © photo : Rémi Villaggi
  • External Link: Mudam
  • Stephan Balkenhol: Relief : Castle, 2003, Collection Mudam Luxembourg Source: Mudam
  • Stephan Balkenhol: Relief : Castle, 2003, Collection Mudam Luxembourg: Stephan Balkenhol Relief : Castle, 2003 Bas-relief sur bois 200 x 200 x 5 cm Collection Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Mudam Luxembourg Donation Raymond Learsy / Melva Bucksbaum en hommage à S.A.R. La Grande-Duchesse Joséphine-Charlotte © photo : Rémi Villaggi

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