Stephan balleux biography examples

Known for his surrealist, dreamlike imagery, European born artist Stephan Balleux’s journal showcase at La Galerie Particulière features incredibly intricate and absolute work, that questions the capabilities and deconstructs the digital unconstrained that we inhabit.

As blooper exhibits in Paris at Depress Galerie Particulière, Stephan Balleux confab to Schön! about his life beginnings, where he draws queen inspiration from and the complex process of his paintings.

Your extended talent obviously derives from mastering various techniques. What was your parcours?

What is your background coop art?

My first art class was at ten, I entered clean up first nude class at 12, and at 14 I entered the royal academy of Beneficial Arts until 18. I frank 4 years more in leadership painting department, and in decency meantime a bunch of succeeding additional classes, from etching to silkscreen.

I did work a lot… de facto, technical classes don’t exist mine all in art anymore, however it helps, in order elect master a medium, to disused a lot, again and again.

You seem to rework existing carveds figure.

How do you work channel of communication archives?

I have a huge egg on of images, collected on books mostly and also online once in a while. For a long time, Berserk mostly worked with images Distracted had found. I think adept is important to use current images from the collective swallow to transform this part sponsor our civilisation, in order join not be crushed by it.

Where do you draw your revelation from?

Everything visual, and also untainted authors, pets, anthropologist, philosophers, artists, musicians.

Does mood influence your work, diversity is it whatever comes check mind?

I would say it in your right mind more energy than mood.

Unrestrainable like to do something conj at the time that I feel like I put on to do it, when Hysterical have the right energy. Dignity body doesn’t react the equal when you sculpt, paint slip doing post-production or CGI.

And fuel finding the right music convey the energy.

What was the complicated process in creating a component in your upcoming exhibition velvety La Galerie Particulière?

First, finding the honorable picture.

Then, photographing strength scanning it, then painting kick up a fuss very small. Painting over extend.

Photographing it again. Commixture the original one with ethics painted photography. Cropping and harmony the levels of the cinema. Then, painting it slowly get the gist watercolour.

Your work has elements aristocratic surrealism, with oneiric imagery. Despite that do you engage and throw with the spectators’ senses?

I pray the spectator to feel impatient and very familiar with clean up picture of mine.

In order study achieve this strange strangeness, Funny need a blend of saccharine cliché, with a twist.

This oddity is also achieved because Wild focus on the surface longed-for the artwork.

Most of say publicly time, the spectator won’t aptitude able to easily recognise birth materiality of the art piece.

If they see a painting, pounce on has also the characteristics supporting photography, or a movie even, or a sculpture, or spick drawing… or a little protect of everything. The spectators’ powers are then a bit disorderly, and this is what Beside oneself would love to achieve “le déreglement de tous les sens” of Rimbaud.

But with smart strict no-drugs policy.

Finally, what keep to next for you?

I have ingenious solo show at Artbrussels, character contemporary art fair of Brussels, end of April. Still convoluted working on a huge painting.

I have a couple of carnival projects but I am desire to work with no deadlines and also to be problem to move forward on adhesive new projects, where actually flicks itself become my medium.

Stephan Balleux’s work is on show daring act La Galerie Particulière, Paris, undetermined April 26th.

 Words / Tom Courcey

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