Wawa- Wood , in color. Signed, dated and numbered “VIII” on the underside of the base. 47.5 x 24 x 25 cm. . [AW].
• Man is central to Stephan Balkenhol's artistic work, not as an individual, but as an anonymous yet strangely familiar person.
• Using the classic form of wood carving, he returns to the original technique of this genre.
• Characteristic surface finish with unsmoothed chisel marks.
• The contemporary artist's unmistakable works are part of the collections of the Hamburger Kunsthalle, the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, and the Kunstmuseum Basel.