Stephan Balkenhol, der deutsche Bildhauer par excellence, der Mann der Männer in schwarzer Hose und weißem Hemd, der Schöpfer zeitgeistiger Geschöpfe in philosophischer Stille von poetischem Charme, hält triumphierend Einzug in den Augsburger Glaspalast. Große Männer, Weltenrichter, kleine serielle Figurinen, der französischen wie deutschen Historie entnommen, Götter und irdische Paare, der Mensch am Abgrund oder als Spielball des Computerspiels Tetris machen sich elegant, ja, sinnlich-sphärisch breit in der Sonderausstellung des KUNSTMUSEUM WALTER, beheimatet im lichtdurchfluteten Saal der GALERIE NOAH. Aus Wawa- und Zedernholz gehauen, skulptural wie reliefartig, oder in Bronze gegossen sind seine in Augsburg neuen Arbeiten der letzten Jahre,
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