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The photos of the lot are informative and indicative, and cannot provide a highly detailed view of the object from all angles. We recommend a careful physical inspection of the lot before bidding.
The utopian universe often found in Sabin Balasa's canvases, in which the artist has ventured since childhood, reiterates his fascination with the unknown and the infinite. His work undeniably exhibits the triumph of the contemporary symbol over the archetypal symbol, while still maintaining its universal value. Balasa addresses themes from universal legends and mythology and often sketches subjects such as life and death, childhood and youth, or the hope of rebirth. In his creations, art is understood as an eternal dream - not so much of the artist, but of all mankind. The artist stated that art is for him "a supreme exercise of his own freedom, a great capacity to love". Balasa's painting appears as a continuous dissemination over time. The cosmos, the marine world, the desert or the mountains represent only a small part of the infinite universe in which the artist carefully places his fabulous creatures. Fondly used since the beginning, blue, in his vision, "is the farthest light, it is the immensity where all colors and all forms are resolved and reborn, it is truth, ideal, eternity". The artist who succeeded in populating the sky with human beings constructs his own plastic semantics with which he paints metaphors with poetic resonances. Becoming a leitmotif, Balasa's caryatid appears this time, prefigured in the foreground of the canvas, carrying the entire harmony of light on her shoulders. Rendered nude, with more or less articulated physiognomies, Balasa's models alternately achieve the status of muses of the rain, earth mothers, goddesses or caryatids of civilization. Man will, therefore, be consecrated to the artist's dreams and desires. Balasa's fantastic art, undeniably oriented towards the universe, often submit to an unknown topos and an uncertain time interval. The affective value of his works is enhanced by the visual coagulation of myth, history and the boundless spread of his imagination. This time, Balasa's caryatid is captured from the back. The posture has been repeated over time in other works ("The stone palette") where the muse is depicted with the body naked, supported by the hands of the stone marker on which she balances the weight of the body. We now find the diaphanous expressiveness of the silhouette of the muse, the endless aquatic expanse and the gray formations of nature. Thus positioned, the caryatid is in deep communion with nature and slightly camouflages itself in the bland chromatics of the composition.
oil on canvas, signed lower right, with ochre, "Sabin Bălașa"
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The utopian universe often found in Sabin Balasa's canvases, in which the artist has ventured since childhood, reiterates his fascination with the unknown and the infinite. His work undeniably exhibits the triumph of the contemporary symbol over the archetypal symbol, while still maintaining its universal value. Balasa addresses themes from universal legends and mythology and often sketches subjects such as life and death, childhood and youth, or the hope of rebirth. In his creations, art is understood as an eternal dream - not so much of the artist, but of all mankind. The artist stated that art is for him "a supreme exercise of his own freedom, a great capacity to love". Balasa's painting appears as a continuous dissemination over time. The cosmos, the marine world, the desert or the mountains represent only a small part of the infinite universe in which the artist carefully places his fabulous creatures. Fondly used since the beginning, blue, in his vision, "is the farthest light, it is the immensity where all colors and all forms are resolved and reborn, it is truth, ideal, eternity". The artist who succeeded in populating the sky with human beings constructs his own plastic semantics with which he paints metaphors with poetic resonances. Becoming a leitmotif, Balasa's caryatid appears this time, prefigured in the foreground of the canvas, carrying the entire harmony of light on her shoulders. Rendered nude, with more or less articulated physiognomies, Balasa's models alternately achieve the status of muses of the rain, earth mothers, goddesses or caryatids of civilization. Man will, therefore, be consecrated to the artist's dreams and desires. Balasa's fantastic art, undeniably oriented towards the universe, often submit to an unknown topos and an uncertain time interval. The affective value of his works is enhanced by the visual coagulation of myth, history and the boundless spread of his imagination. This time, Balasa's caryatid is captured from the back. The posture has been repeated over time in other works ("The stone palette") where the muse is depicted with the body naked, supported by the hands of the stone marker on which she balances the weight of the body. We now find the diaphanous expressiveness of the silhouette of the muse, the endless aquatic expanse and the gray formations of nature. Thus positioned, the caryatid is in deep communion with nature and slightly camouflages itself in the bland chromatics of the composition.
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For clarifications regarding the bidding procedure, hammer price costs, guarantee, payment, and collection terms for the winning lot, we recommend carefully reading/re-reading the Bidding Regulations.
For additional information regarding the lot and the auction, please contact the Art Consultants Department.
