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September 14, 2003
Over at philosophical conversations Trevor has introduced Pierre Klossowski into the conversation. He has done so in relation to a book Klossowski wrote on Friedrich Nietzsche.
I want to make a loose link here. Klossowski had a brother who was a painter called Balthus (nee Balthazar Klossowski de Rola). He died recently.
This is called The Studio. It was painted in 1934.
That was a time painting was the centre of the art world if not culture.
Today that is no longer so. Painting is just another kind of media.
Balthus was a figurative artist who was opposed to all forms of abstraction. He resisted the fashion of the day and remained true to traditional techniques and subjects.
His draughtsmanship is incisive and of great precision.
Despite this traditionalism an element of menace haunts many of Balthus's paintings and his work has always presented something of an enigma.
Balthus, The Street
Balthus is better known for his disturbing and erotic works of girls on the verge of womanhood. He shocks, and he does so with a simple and personal vocabulary.
But that is another post.
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Gary, you need to put an extra
in your code somewhere, as the second photo has an overlap.