"I can't just have anything-goes abstraction. I need a story, I need tension, I need a narrative."
Sumptuous crowds and landscapes on the cusp of abstraction.
Channeling intuition, Balincourt’s work is characterised by the interplay between abstract forms and figuration. Without using reference materials, Balincourt begins his canvases by sketching shapes and colour that move from his mind to his hand. Once the base of the painting has freely evolved, he adds clusters of figures that transform the abstraction into representation; pale pink ovals become mountains, yellow-orange streaks become trees. A rich, visceral study of color and form that presents stories and scenarios of child-like curiosity, Balincourt’s work is purposefully accessible: a con...
Bio
Jules de Balincourt was born in 1972 in Paris, France, and now lives and works in New York, USA.
At Auction
His painting Media Information Transmission Center was purchased for $265,000 USD at a Phillips auction in 2003.
Collections
Work featured in collections including the Brooklyn Museum, Saatchi Gallery and the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto.
