Catalog of an exhibition held at Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, September 2, 2018-January 1, 2019; and Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, February 19-May 26, 2019. Includes bibliographical references (pages167-170).
Contents:
Balthasar Klossowski de Rola : Biography. Provocation and transgression : Balthus's first exhibition at the Galerie Pierre -- Representation and intimacy : Balthus's portraits from the 1930s -- The years in Champrovent and Fribourg : Works from the first half of the 1940s -- Return to Paris : Works from the second half of the 1940s -- From the studio in Paris to the Château de Chassy : Works from the 1950s -- Frome Rome to Rossinière : Late works -- Short texts by Raphaël, Christine Burger, Yves Guignard, Michiko Kono, and Juan Ángel López-Manzanares -- "Time mastered : Isn't that perhaps the best definition of art?" : Aspects of time in Balthus's work / Wim Wenders -- Between sensuality, dignity, and grace : The female figure in Balthus's work / Michiko Kono -- "The throbbing tragedy of a drama of the flesh" : Balthus and Antonin Artraud's theatre of cruelty / Juan Ángel López-Manzanares -- Thérèse, time and again : Balthus's paintings of girls / Beate Söntgen -- Transgression and purity : Balthus's precarious equilibrium / Olivier Berggruen -- A secret passage into eternity : Passage du Cmmerce-Saint-André / Wim Wenders -- Balthasar Klossowski de Rola : Biography.
Summary:
This volume, published for a retrospective at the Fondation Beyeler, gathers around 50 key paintings from all phases of this legendary artist's career. It commences with the monumental masterpiece Passage du Commerce-Saint-André (1952-54), in which Balthus' intensive study of the dimensions of space and time and their relationship to figure and object is especially apparent.
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