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Harold Balazs: Leaving Marks
| Place: | Davenport Gallery (Gallery E) |
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| Date From: | 2/3/2024 |
| Date To: | 6/2/2024 |
| Summary: | Reflecting on the elite institution of Art, Harold Balazs (1928-2017) reported, “Truth is the first sacrifice we make in order to belong to any exclusive group.” Throughout his decades-long creative career, Balazs instead dedicated his practice to the simple, yet expansive, pursuit of wonder. From his eclectic home in Mead, Washington, surrounded by hand-made furniture, poured concrete reliefs, carved wooden characters of his own invention, mosaicked shrines, and calligraphic signage, Balazs became regionally renowned for his craftsmanship and experimentation across scales, processes, and mediums. Balazs drew inspiration from far-reaching sources, including philosophy, mythology, folk art, world symbols and iconography, liturgy, and nature–elements of which he incorporated into signature shapes and forms that defined much of his work. Although whimsical and spontaneous, this visual language was, to Balazs, also a form of autobiography, echoing key phases in his life and his humanistic beliefs–in particular, the value of communal forms of expression. Harold Balazs: Leaving Marks celebrates Balazs’ regional impact through thirty-one new additions to the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture’s permanent collection. Comprising a focused selection of Balazs’ later works in sculpture, drawing, and enamel, the exhibition’s three sections–Constructed Realities, Making \ Life, and Transcend The… consider how Balazs’ approaches to making as modes of communication informed–and were informed by–his worldview, background, and relationships. |
| Related Objects: |
3306.3 (Brand, Log, "Eller Lumber Company Brand Plug", 1920 - 1929)
4320.2 (Print, "Autobiography, 80th Year", 2008)
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