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Stephan Balkenhol | |
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| Born | 1957 (age 67–68) |
| Education | University of Fine Arts of Hamburg |
| Style | Figurative art |
Stephan Balkenhol (born 1957) is a German artist who creates figurative painted wooden sculptures and reliefs.
He is currently a professor of sculpture at the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe (Germany). He lives and works in Karlsruhe, Germany, and Meisenthal, France. [1] [2]
Balkenhol's work adopts a figurative artistic style, which typically depicts people in a neutral, objective way by removing socio-critical references. [3]
Balkenhol uses a variety of woods, such as poplar, Douglas fir, and wawa wood. He hand-carves each piece from a single block. He uses paint to structure the sculpture. [4]
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Balkenhol has completed a number of public commissions in his career. Among them are the “Big Head Column” [5] for the Peggy Guggenheim Collection (Venice, Italy), “Big Man with a Little Man” [6] for Pariser Platz (Berlin, Germany), “Man and Woman” [7] for Hamburg Central Library (Hamburg, Germany), “Everyman” [8] for the Edinburgh City Council Offices (Edinburgh, Scotland) and “Toronto Man” [9] (Toronto, Canada).
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