Barry X Ball
Sleeping Hermaphrodite
2008–2017, sculpture: translucent pink Iranian onyx, 18 1/2 x 68 x 35 11/16 inches; pedestal: Greek Thassos marble, stainless steel, 23 x 74 3/4 x 41 1/2 inches; sculpture-pedestal assembly: 41 1/2 x 74 3/4 x 41 1/2 inches.
Installation: Barry X Ball: Remaking Sculpture, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX.
Barry X Ball
Sleeping Hermaphrodite (detail)
2008–2017, sculpture: translucent pink Iranian onyx, 18 1/2 x 68 x 35 11/16 inches; pedestal: Greek Thassos marble, stainless steel, 23 x 74 3/4 x 41 1/2 inches; sculpture-pedestal assembly: 41 1/2 x 74 3/4 x 41 1/2 inches.
Installation: Barry X Ball: Remaking Sculpture, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX.
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Envy
2008-2010, sculpture: White Carrara (“Michelangelo”) Statuario Marble, stainless steel, 22 x 17-1/4 x 9-1/2 inches; pedestal: Carrara Marble, stainless steel, wood, acrylic lacquer, steel, nylon, plastic, 46 x 14 x 12 inches; sculpture-pedestal assembly: 68 x 17-1/4 x 12 inches.
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Envy (detail)
2008-2010, sculpture: White Carrara (“Michelangelo”) Statuario Marble, stainless steel, 22 x 17-1/4 x 9-1/2 inches; pedestal: Carrara Marble, stainless steel, wood, acrylic lacquer, steel, nylon, plastic, 46 x 14 x 12 inches; sculpture-pedestal assembly: 68 x 17-1/4 x 12 inches.
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Perfect Forms
2010-2014, mirror-polished 24K gold on nickel on copper on SLA rapid prototype model and solid brass with stainless steel armature / fittings and resin filling, 21 x 16.4 x 7 inches.
BARRY X BALL
Perfect Forms
2010-2014, sculpture: mirror-polished 24K gold on nickel on copper on SLA rapid prototype model and solid brass with stainless steel armature / fittings and resin filling, 21 x 16.4 x 7 inches; table pedestal / vitrine: walnut, Corian, metal, laminated low-iron glass, 84 x 31.5 x 22 inches.
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Purity in Iranian Translucent Pink Onyx
The New Gallery--Palazzo Mansi, Lucca
2012-2014, Epson Stylus Pro 3880 archival inkjet print on Slickrock Metallic Peal 260 paper mounted on aluminum with 1-ply tagboard interlayer, 23 1/8 x 15 3/8 inches, ed: 15.
BARRY X BALL
Purity in Iranian Translucent Pink Onyx
The New Gallery--Palazzo Mansi, Lucca
2012-2014, Epson Stylus Pro 3880 archival inkjet print on Slickrock Metallic Peal 260 paper mounted on aluminum with 1-ply tagboard interlayer, 23 1/8 x 15 3/8 inches, ed: 15.
BARRY X BALL
Purity in Iranian Translucent Pink Onyx
The New Gallery--Palazzo Mansi, Lucca
2012-2014, Epson Stylus Pro 3880 archival inkjet print on Slickrock Metallic Peal 260 paper mounted on aluminum with 1-ply tagboard interlayer, 23 1/8 x 15 3/8 inches, ed: 15.
BARRY X BALL
Pseudogroup of Giuseppe Panza in Macedonian White Marble
The Grand Staircase (Landing) — Ca’ Rezzonico, Venice
2011-2013, Manipulated Digital Photograph, Epson Stylus Pro 3880 archival inkjet print on Slickrock Metallic Pearl 260 paper mounted on aluminum with 1-ply ragboard interlayer, 15-3/8 x 23-1/8 inches, ed: 15.
BARRY X BALL
Stretched Portrait of Jon Kessler with “Baroque” Relief in Italian Fantastico Marble
The Stucco Room — Ca’ Rezzonico, Venice
2011-2013, Manipulated Digital Photograph, Epson Stylus Pro 3880 archival inkjet print on Slickrock Metallic Pearl 260 paper mounted on aluminum with 1-ply ragboard interlayer, 23-1/8 x 15-3/8 inches, ed: 15.
BARRY X BALL
Matthew McCaslin Homunculus in Mexican (Puebla) Translucent Green Onyx
The “Ai Do San Marchi” Pharmacy — Ca’ Rezzonico, Venice
2011-2013, manipulated digital photograph, Epson Stylus Pro 3880 archival inkjet print on Slickrock Metallic Pearl 260 paper mounted on aluminum with 1-ply ragboard interlayer, 23-1/8 x 15-3/8 inches, ed: 15.
BARRY X BALL
Envy and Purity in Utah Golden Honeycomb Calcite
The Throne Room — Ca’ Rezzonico, Venice
2011-2013, Manipulated Digital Photograph, Epson Stylus Pro 3880 archival inkjet print on Slickrock Metallic Pearl 260 paper mounted on aluminum with 1-ply ragboard interlayer, 23-1/8 x 15-3/8 inches, ed: 15.
Barry X Ball Reimagines Classical Art
Presented by The Wall Street Journal
Photo: Jeff Bush
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Barry X Ball
Presented by New York Academy of Art.
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Barry X Ball (b. 1955, Pasadena, CA) lives and works in New York. His work has been exhibited at the Powerhouse Museum / Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Museum of Arts and Design, Bass Museum of Art, Ca' Rezzonico in conjunction with la Biennale di Venezia, PS 1 Contemporary Art Center, SITE Santa Fe, Ballroom Marfa, Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Le Printemps de Septembre, Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Kunsthalle Krems, Museo Cantonale d'Arte, me Collectors Room Berlin, Modemuseum Hasselt, Beijing Today Art Museum, Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Le Quartier, Centre d'art contemporain de Quimper, Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon, and at many international contemporary galleries and art fairs.
His work is in the collections of the Hammer Museum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Norton Museum of Art, The Maramotti Collection, Le Fonds régional d'art contemporain Bretagne, Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Museo Cantonale d'Arte, Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, The Berlingieri Collection, The Olbricht Collection, and The Panza Collection.
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by Paul Laster
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