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 The paintings of French-born artist Jules de Balincourt are saturated with Americana references. The artist was raised on the West Coast and was immensely influenced by contemporary culture in America. In the "U.S. World Studies" series, de Balincourt uses the American map, dividing and re-attributing the state divisions to form a new layout of the United States. Other works reference graphics appropriated from 1940's Hollywood movies, offering new political and patriotic meaning for the graphic icons of that era and today. De Balincourt has been considered an outside or faux-naive artist, though he strongly resists that notion as was said in The New York Times article titled "Artists on the Verge of a Breakthrough," which listed 10 artists most likely to succeed from the second Greater New York exhibition at the P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center. The artist received his BFA from the California College of Arts and his MFA from Hunter College in New York City, where he currently lives and works. This year, the artist will have a solo exhibition at the Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris in Paris, France. De Balincourt has also exhibited with Zach Feuer Gallery (LFL) in New York City and Allston Skirt Gallery in Boston. Posted by Seth Curcio at June 4, 2007 12:00 AM | Permalink | E-mail This | |||
Join the discussion:I feel this way at my business sometimes. ---------------------------------------------------------- Posted by: Anonymous | June 4, 2007 12:52 AM I don’t particularly care for the angle in which the Balincourt chose to show the table. I feel like there is too much negative space in the middle of the work that demands attention and the important details get lost in the process. ---------------------------------------------------------- Posted by: Hudson | June 4, 2007 07:54 AM I wonder if the negative space is the important detail. Perhaps the work is highlighting the inefficiencies of our government and corporate systems. ---------------------------------------------------------- Posted by: Michael | June 4, 2007 09:52 AM |
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