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Balthus : under the surface

Title
Balthus : under the surface / edited by Yuval Etgar.
Publication
  • London : Luxembourg + Co. ; Cologne : Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König, [2023]
  • ©2023

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Additional Authors
  • Etgar, Yuval
  • Balthus, 1908-2001.
  • Luxembourg + Co. (Gallery), host institution, issuing body.
Description
62 pages : color illustrations, portraits; 24 cm
Summary
The exhibition Under the Surface at Luxembourg + Co. forms the first presentation of the work of Balthasar Klossowski (1908-2001) - better known as Balthus - in the UK since his 1968 retrospective at the Tate Gallery. Setting out to present new critical perspectives on the artist's legacy, the show focuses on his engagement with 'surface' as both a material and a psychological quality. Balthus is known for his use of underlying layers of colour in his painterly work - predominantly shades of yellow, green and orange - which he considered an effective tool to generate or obstruct light, to create balance in the composition, and to undermine a sense of illusionist pictorial depth. But the notion of surface also relates in Balthus's case to the artist's attempts to strip his paintings of the possibility of sentimental interpretation. Exercising meticulous control over the form and placement of models, their bodily gestures, as well as the domestic or rural settings in which they reside, Balthus sought to create, at least in appearance, dreamlike scenarios, absent of time and devoid of emotional expression. Yet the restraint in his works results in suggestive and even violent relationships between elements or figures in the picture, as well as in their relation to viewers or the artist himself.
Uniform Title
Balthus (Luxembourg + Co.)
Alternative Title
Under the surface
Subject
Balthus, 1908-2001 > Exhibitions
Note
  • Special binding with only one side fixed to the book (spine not attached).
  • On the occasion of an exhibition held at Luxembourg + Co., London, March 3 - June 4, 2023.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Call Number
JQE 24-374
ISBN
  • 9783753304663
  • 3753304662
LCCN
9783753304663
OCLC
1409134266
Title
Balthus : under the surface / edited by Yuval Etgar.
Publisher
London : Luxembourg + Co. ; Cologne : Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König, [2023]
Copyright Date
©2023
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Added Author
Etgar, Yuval, editor.
Balthus, 1908-2001.
Luxembourg + Co. (Gallery), host institution, issuing body.
Other Standard Identifier
9783753304663
Research Call Number
JQE 24-374
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