Wawa- Wood , in color. Height: 56 cm. Including base: 166,5 cm.
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• Characteristic woodwork of high recognition value.
• The base puts the work at eye level with the observer and lends it an impressive spatial presence.
• Man is a central theme in Balkenhol's work. Not to represent the human being as a unique individual, but as an anonymous yet strangely familiar person.
• Using traditional tools such as gouges, carving knives and mallets, the figures are hewn and cut out of the wood.
• Balkenhol uses the classic form of wood carving and returns to the original technique of this genre.
• The artist juxtaposes the traditional technique with exceptionally contemporary apparel.