CORE
68.59 cms x 137.19 cms (27 ins x 54 ins)
On verso signed twice, titled and dated 2000
made in 2000
Lot offered for sale by Heffel, Vancouver at the auction event "Back to School: Vancouver School of Art (1st session)" held on Thu, Sep 28, 2023.
Lot 005
Lot 005
Estimate: CAD $3,000 - $4,000
Realised: CAD $7,500
Realised: CAD $7,500
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Acquired from the Estate of the Artist by the present Private Collection, Vancouver
Exhibitions:
Simon Fraser University Gallery, Burnaby, Joan Balzar, Vancouver Orbital, March 5 - April 3, 2011
Notes:
Joan Balzar graduated from the Vancouver School of Art in 1958, after which she traveled extensively. She has stated, "I loved to fly and was obsessed with the idea of space and ‘the spatial,’ as well as being attracted to light and the idea of creating light in my art. ..." Her aim in painting was to "try to expand the pictorial space by drawing the eye out," by "painting a volume of light."
The concentric arc shapes of CORE and her smooth, hard-edge style make this work a perfect example of Balzar's vision. It could cause one to conjure the image of the sun.
Bill Jeffries states in the Vancouver Orbital catalogue:
"Joan Balzar has given us paintings that combine light, luminosity and cosmological forms, as well as a sense of the power and force that lies behind so-called everyday life. Those formative forces, capable of "creating" galaxies, to say nothing of planets, are virtually impossible to picture, but that is the beauty of paint; it can allude to what is impossible to picture and it can do it better than our computers can. Her edges, which are so much more difficult to make than we realize, anticipated the fractalized view of the universe. Joan Balzar was part of an important avant-garde movement in 1960s Vancouver. …"
Acquired from the Estate of the Artist by the present Private Collection, Vancouver
Exhibitions:
Simon Fraser University Gallery, Burnaby, Joan Balzar, Vancouver Orbital, March 5 - April 3, 2011
Notes:
Joan Balzar graduated from the Vancouver School of Art in 1958, after which she traveled extensively. She has stated, "I loved to fly and was obsessed with the idea of space and ‘the spatial,’ as well as being attracted to light and the idea of creating light in my art. ..." Her aim in painting was to "try to expand the pictorial space by drawing the eye out," by "painting a volume of light."
The concentric arc shapes of CORE and her smooth, hard-edge style make this work a perfect example of Balzar's vision. It could cause one to conjure the image of the sun.
Bill Jeffries states in the Vancouver Orbital catalogue:
"Joan Balzar has given us paintings that combine light, luminosity and cosmological forms, as well as a sense of the power and force that lies behind so-called everyday life. Those formative forces, capable of "creating" galaxies, to say nothing of planets, are virtually impossible to picture, but that is the beauty of paint; it can allude to what is impossible to picture and it can do it better than our computers can. Her edges, which are so much more difficult to make than we realize, anticipated the fractalized view of the universe. Joan Balzar was part of an important avant-garde movement in 1960s Vancouver. …"
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Heffel auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Heffel auction house for permission to use.