N\u00e9 en 1957, il fait partie des sculpteurs allemands pionniers qui ont \u00e9galement donn\u00e9 des impulsions importantes au niveau international au cours des deux derni\u00e8res d\u00e9cennies. La Staatliche Kunsthalle de Baden-Baden consacre une exposition compl\u00e8te \u00e0 l'\u0153uvre de ce sculpteur qui enseigne depuis 1992 \u00e0 l'Acad\u00e9mie des Beaux-Arts de Karlsruhe. Le vaste savoir-faire de Balkenhol y est mis en \u00e9vidence, tout comme la diversit\u00e9 de ses r\u00e9f\u00e9rences \u00e0 l'histoire de l'esprit et de la culture. Balkenhol choisit la figure humaine, la t\u00eate, les animaux et l'architecture comme motifs de ses sculptures, reliefs, dessins et photographies. D'une certaine mani\u00e8re, l'approche artistique de Balkenhol est une r\u00e9ponse aux strat\u00e9gies minimalistes d'Ullrich R\u00fcckriem, qui fut son professeur \u00e0 la Hochschule f\u00fcr bildende K\u00fcnste de Hambourg de 1976 \u00e0 1982. Depuis le d\u00e9but des ann\u00e9es 1980, Stephan Balkenhol explore ce qui peut \u00eatre montr\u00e9, ressenti, vu aujourd'hui \u00e0 travers l'\u0153uvre statuaire dans une confrontation actualisante avec la tradition de la sculpture classique. La figure humaine est au centre de l'\u0153uvre de Stephan Balkenhol. Il d\u00e9coupe ses figures \u00e0 la gouge dans un tronc d'arbre, les traces d'outils, les n\u0153uds et les fissures restent visibles. L'utilisation de la peinture lui sert \u00e0 structurer la sculpture. Les personnages apparaissent \u00e0 la fois personnels et anonymes. Le geste, la posture et l'expression du visage sugg\u00e8rent \u00e0 la fois une distance int\u00e9rieure et une ouverture attentive vers le spectateur. Les personnages de Balkenhol ne sont pas des \"conteurs\" expressifs. Il semble plut\u00f4t chercher un concentr\u00e9 de la physionomie et de l'apparence humaine. Ainsi, ses personnages semblent sans pr\u00e9tention, discrets et en m\u00eame temps intemporels : \"Je ne veux pas de personnages bavards, expressifs et expressifs. C'est pourquoi je cherche l'expression ouverte, \u00e0 partir de laquelle tous les \u00e9tats sont possibles\". L'ouverture de ses figures, le renoncement aux gestes et \u00e0 un contexte narratif, est une position oppos\u00e9e \u00e0 la figuration d\u00e9lib\u00e9r\u00e9ment contemporaine ou illustrative, qui th\u00e9matise certes un aspect particulier, mais limite ainsi, dans une sorte d'instantan\u00e9, toute possibilit\u00e9 d'interpr\u00e9tation. Outre les sculptures et reliefs consacr\u00e9s \u00e0 la figure humaine, \u00e0 l'animal, aux motifs mythiques et \u00e0 l'architecture, les multiples facettes, souvent moins connues, de son \u0153uvre sculpturale sont illustr\u00e9es dans ce livre volumineux, en m\u00eame temps que de grands dessins et travaux photographiques.<\/p>\n
Expositions :
\nKunsthalle Baden-Baden, 15\/07 - 17\/09\/06
\nMus\u00e9e K\u00fcppersm\u00fchle d'art moderne, Duisburg, 28\/09 - 03\/12\/06
\nMus\u00e9e de la modernit\u00e9 de Salzbourg, M\u00f6nchsberg, 17\/02 - 24\/06\/07<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Catalogue d'exposition, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, \u00e9d. par Matthias Winzen
\nTextes (all.\/angl.) de Matthias Winzen, Harriet Zilch
\n304 p. avec 400 illustrations en couleur
\nformat 29 x 23 cm, couverture 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