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STEPHAN BALKENHOL

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STEPHAN BALKENHOL

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STEPHAN BALKENHOL (°1957. Fritzlar/Hessen, Germany) is a German sculptor whose unique style gained him an inimitable place within the contemporary art world. Balkenhol is mostly known for his ‘dry’ sculptures. Roughly carved, hyper simplistic, anonymous human figures and animals, with a matt layer of paint. Lacking in expression, but not at all empty.

The artist makes big and small standing sculptures, often carved from a single block of wawa or poplar wood, but also 2 dimensional relief panels – portraits and landscapes uniting painting and sculpture – and bronze statues, meant to be able to stand outside. Many of his monumental bronze sculptures can be found in the urban space across the world.

Already during his education at the University of Fine Arts of Hamburg (’76 – ’82), Balkenhol wanted to save figuration from the then prevailing abstract, minimal and conceptual art. But the artist doesn’t want to impose a hidden message on to the figurative. He’s interested in showing the people as they are, their perceivable form and the stuff they’re – literally and figuratively – made of. The direct, seemingly unfinished sculptures come across as quick sketches, fleeting impressions which do justice to the directness with which we generally notice people. The viewer has to fill in the gaps, imbue it with meaning. Fantasy and associations are in the eye of the beholder.

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“In my visions my sculptures become a question, a mirror.”

Now and then absurd elements pop up: humans with animal heads, mating couples on antique vases, monumental figures with stretched-out legs… a sense of humour which counteracts the – at first glance – seriousness of Balkenhol’s works, emphasizing instead the artist’s overall playfulness. Man is never reduced to banality however, on the contrary, the mundanity of Balkenhol’s characters are in honour of the intrinsic value of man.

Lauren Wiggers, 2020.

A selection of important solo shows of Stephan Balkenhol: Kunsthalle Emden, Germany (2018), Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, Spain (2018), the MMOMA – Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Russia (2016), the Fondation Fernet-Branca, Saint-Louis, France (May 2016), the Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, Düren, Germany (2015), the Landesgalerie Linz, Austria (2014-2015), the Kunstmuseum Ravensburg, Germany (2014), the St. Elizabeth Church in Kassel, Germany (2012), the Musée de Grenoble, France (2010), the Deichtorhallen in Hamburg, Germany (2009), the National Museum of Art Osaka, Japan (2005) and the Sprengel Museum in Hanover, Germany (2003). In 2006-2007, an extensive exhibition of his work travelled from the Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany to the MKM Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Duisburg, Germany and on to the Museum der Moderne Salzburg Mönchsberg, Austria. Deweer Gallery has been presenting solo exhibitions by Stephan Balkenhol since as early as 1987. In 2017 Deweer Gallery organised a solo exhibition ‘30 Years Stephan Balkenhol & Deweer Gallery – A Brilliant Story Since 1987’, to celebrate not only a productive collaboration, but a deep friendship.

Although Stephan Balkenhol is mostly known for his figurative wooden sculptures, many of his monumental bronze sculptures can be found in the urban public space – in cities as Berlin, Chicago, Johannesburg, Courtray, London, Paris and Salzburg. Sculptures of the internationally renowned artist are included in major museum and private collections worldwide, in M HKA – Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp, the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, US. amongst others.

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 löwenmann

löwenmann

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 RELIEF HÄUSER

RELIEF HÄUSER

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 ADLER

ADLER

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 KLEINES RELIEF FRAU (GRÜNES HEMD)

KLEINES RELIEF FRAU (GRÜNES HEMD)

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 KLEINES RELIEF MANN (ROTES HEMD)

KLEINES RELIEF MANN (ROTES HEMD)

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 RELIEF MANN MIT SCHWARZEM HEMD

RELIEF MANN MIT SCHWARZEM HEMD

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 Hahn & Henne

Hahn & Henne

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 Mann mit Kind

Mann mit Kind

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 Relief Mann

Relief Mann

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 RELIEF FRAU

RELIEF FRAU

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 Relief Mann

Relief Mann

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 Frau mit Fabrik

Frau mit Fabrik

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 Mann mit Maske

Mann mit Maske

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 LANDSCHAFT MIT HOHEM HIMMEL

LANDSCHAFT MIT HOHEM HIMMEL

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 KOPRELIEF MANN (ROT)

KOPRELIEF MANN (ROT)

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 OHNE TITEL

OHNE TITEL

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 OHNE TITEL

OHNE TITEL

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 LAOCOÖN

LAOCOÖN

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 ROTER TEUFEL

ROTER TEUFEL

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 GROSSER MANN SCHWARZ-WEISS

GROSSER MANN SCHWARZ-WEISS

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NEWS

 Artsy online viewing room | EDITIONS

Artsy online viewing room | EDITIONS

26/02/2021

Stephan Balkenhol - Lawrence Carroll - Jan Fabre - Günther Förg -  Ilja & Emilia Kabakov - Panamarenko - Jon Pilkington - Andy Wauman.

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 Stephan Balkenhol at Lehmbruck Museum (DE)

Stephan Balkenhol at Lehmbruck Museum (DE)

09/10/2020

Lehmbruck Museum presents a comprehensive solo exhibtion by Stephan Balkenhol, developed in close collaboration with the artist himself. 

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 Opening new location at Platform 6a, Otegem (BE)

Opening new location at Platform 6a, Otegem (BE)

22/07/2020

KETELEER GALLERY is very pleased to announce the opening of its 3rd location at the new 'Platform 6a' project by Deweer.

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 Stephan Balkenhol & Fabien Mérelle at ‘A summer in Le Havre’ (FR)

Stephan Balkenhol & Fabien Mérelle at ‘A summer in Le Havre’ (FR)

17/07/2020

Stephan Balkenhol & Fabien Mérelle are part of the yearly art event 'A summer in Le Havre', France.

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 Stephan Balkenhol at Museum Jorn (DK)

Stephan Balkenhol at Museum Jorn (DK)

03/07/2020

Museum Jorn in Silkeborg, Denmark presents a new solo exhibition by Stephan Balkenhol.

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 NOW ONLINE | ART BRUSSELS 2020 on Gallery Viewer

NOW ONLINE | ART BRUSSELS 2020 on Gallery Viewer

28/05/2020

KETELEER GALLERY is delighted to present a new group exhibition for the 2020 Art Brussels online edition. 

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 KETELEER GALLERY takes over representation Deweer Gallery artists

KETELEER GALLERY takes over representation Deweer Gallery artists

21/11/2019

For the official introduction of this new development we present 'Looking Forward' : a group show of drawings by a selection of artists from the new KETELEER GALLERY portfolio.

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EXHIBITIONS

 ART BRUSSELS 2020 -> 2022

ART BRUSSELS 2020 -> 2022


28.04 - 01.05.2022

Tour & Taxis, Belgium

Havenlaan 86C, 1000 Brussels



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 Stephan Balkenhol

Stephan Balkenhol


24.09 - 24.10.2021

PLATFORM 6A

Tiegemstraat 6a - 8553 Otegem



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 Stephan Balkenhol

Stephan Balkenhol


19.09.2020 - 24.01.2021

Bremdonck

Bredabaan 93 - 2930 Brasschaat



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 Group Exhibition

Group Exhibition


13.06 - 30.08.2020

KETELEER GALLERY

Pourbusstraat 3-5 - 2000 Antwerp



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 ART COLOGNE 2020 -> 2021

ART COLOGNE 2020 -> 2021


17.11— 21.11.2021

Cologne, Germany

Messeplatz 1, 50679 Cologne



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 Looking Forward

Looking Forward


07.12.2019 — 05.01.2020

KETELEER GALLERY

Pourbusstraat 3-5 - 2000 Antwerp



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30 Years Stephan Balkenhol & Deweer Gallery – A Brilliant Story since 1987

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