
Balthus
Raphaël Bouvier(Editor)
Hatje Cantz Verlag
1st Edition
Published on 11. September 2018
Book
Hardback
169 pages
978-3-7757-4445-4 (ISBN)
Description
In his multifaceted, multilayered oeuvre Balthus (1908-2001), one of the last great twentieth-century masters, pursued a path that ran exactly contrary to the modern avant-garde movements. As quiet as they are intriguing, his works feature colliding contrasts, combining reality and dream, eroticism and innocence, practicality and mystery, the familiar and the uncanny in unique ways.
The Fondation Beyeler's retrospective unites around forty significant paintings from all phases of this legendary artist's career, reflecting the ambiguous presentation of his imagery. The exhibition and its companion catalogue begin with the monumental, enigmatic masterpiece, Passage du Commerce-Saint-André (1952-54), in which Balthus's intensive study of the dimensions of space and time and their relationship to figure and object is especially apparent.
Exhibition:Fondation Beyeler, Riehen / Basel, September 2 - January 1, 2019
The Fondation Beyeler's retrospective unites around forty significant paintings from all phases of this legendary artist's career, reflecting the ambiguous presentation of his imagery. The exhibition and its companion catalogue begin with the monumental, enigmatic masterpiece, Passage du Commerce-Saint-André (1952-54), in which Balthus's intensive study of the dimensions of space and time and their relationship to figure and object is especially apparent.
Exhibition:Fondation Beyeler, Riehen / Basel, September 2 - January 1, 2019
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Language
English
Place of publication
Ostfildern
Germany
Illustrations
77
77 Fotos bzw. Rasterbilder
120
Dimensions
Height: 30.7 cm
Width: 24.7 cm
Thickness: 2.2 cm
Weight
1159 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-7757-4445-4 (9783775744454)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Wim Wenders is an award-winning filmmaker, writer and photographer. He was appointed president of the European Film Academy in 1996, and was awarded the Honorary Golden Bear of the Berlin International Film Festival.
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