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Burkhard Balthasar, *1944 (Berne) Lives in Berne, works with photography. Untitled,1988 Black-and-white photograph, 3 panels, 235 x 135 cm each © Balthasar Burkhard In his photographic work, Balthasar Burkhard brings together seemingly disparate motifs such as an ear, a knee, an arm, torso, orchid, snail or wing into an aesthetic cosmos in such a way that the creation loses its photographic nature. In combination with coloured panels, frequently used by Burkhard in exhibitions since the 1980s, his outsize black-and-white photographs take on a "painted" quality bridging the two media. |
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Burkhard Balthasar, *1944 (Berne) Lives in Berne, works with photography. Bär,1996 Monochrome photograph, 90 x 120 cm © Balthasar Burkhard |
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Burkhard Balthasar, *1944 (Berne) Lives in Berne, works with photography. Torso I/II,1988 Monochrome photograph, 176 x 128 cm © Balthasar Burkhard |