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Jack Balas

Lick (COLLABORATION WITH JACK BALAS)
By Wes Hempel
Located in Fairfield, CT
This painting is a collaboration with artist Jack Balas. Jack is Wes Hempel's partner
Category

2010s American Realist Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Family Circle (COLLABORATION WITH JACK BALAS)
By Wes Hempel
Located in Fairfield, CT
This painting is a collaboration with artist Jack Balas. Jack is Wes Hempel's partner
Category

2010s American Realist Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Getty, Get Ready (#1219)
By Jack Balas
Located in New York, NY
This watercolor painting by Jack Balas is offered by CLAMP in New York City. Getty, Get Ready
Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Some Days (#2269)
By Jack Balas
Located in New York, NY
This painting by Jack Balas is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Enamel

O Canada (#1680)
By Jack Balas
Located in New York, NY
This painting by Jack Balas is offered by CLAMP in New York City. O Canada (#1680) 2018 Signed
Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Some Guy's Decals
By Jack Balas
Located in New York, NY
22 x 30 inches This painting by Jack Balas is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, India Ink, Paper

The New Colossus, Still (#2248)
By Jack Balas
Located in New York, NY
gouache on paper 30 x 22 inches This painting by Jack Balas is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Watercolor, India Ink, Paper

Crown (#1248)
By Jack Balas
Located in New York, NY
, located in New York City. Price includes framing. Jack Balas is an artist whose work primarily includes
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Acrylic, Paper, Watercolor

Carnegie International
By Jack Balas
Located in New York, NY
, located in New York City. Price includes framing. Jack Balas is an artist whose work primarily includes
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Acrylic

Safety Glass (#1423)
By Jack Balas
Located in New York, NY
by ClampArt, located in New York City. Price includes framing. Jack Balas is an artist whose work
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Ink, Graphite

Flow (#340)
By Jack Balas
Located in New York, NY
artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Price includes framing. Jack Balas is an artist
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Screen

Dust Jacket (#1199)
By Jack Balas
Located in New York, NY
, verso This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Price includes framing. Jack
Category

2010s Other Art Style Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Acrylic, Watercolor, Paper, Ink

Hitch (#1225)
By Jack Balas
Located in New York, NY
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Price includes framing. Jack Balas is
Category

2010s Other Art Style Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor

Ship of Cools (#1318)
By Jack Balas
Located in New York, NY
includes framing. Jack Balas is an artist whose work primarily includes painting, drawing, and photography
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor

The Wall (La Pared), Nogales (No Puedo Decir Esto) (#1588)
By Jack Balas
Located in New York, NY
- - - Jack Balas is an artist whose work primarily includes painting, drawing, and photography; occasionally
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Home at Last
By Jack Balas
Located in New York, NY
Home at Last (#1025) 2023 Signed, titled, and dated, verso Oil, enamel, and acrylic on canvas 56 x 52 inches This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Sleeve (#146)
By Jack Balas
Located in New York, NY
Sleeve (#146) 2006 Signed, titled, and dated, verso Oil and enamel on canvas 48 x 56 inches This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Waiting for Instructions, Plinth (#400)
By Jack Balas
Located in New York, NY
This is a painting of a group of men standing around on a beach waiting for instructions. Waiting for Instructions, Plinth (#400) 2008 Signed, l.r. Oil, enamel, and ink on canvas ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Enamel

First Draft (#1707)
By Jack Balas
Located in New York, NY
First Draft (#1707) 2019 Signed in black ink, c.r. Watercolor, acrylic, and India ink on paper 22 x 30 inches This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category

2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, India Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor

El Temor (The Fear) (#1719)
By Jack Balas
Located in New York, NY
El Temor (The Fear) (#1719) 2019 Signed in black ink, l.c. Watercolor, acrylic, and India ink on paper 30 x 22 inches This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category

2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, India Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor

Game's Up (#1919)
By Jack Balas
Located in New York, NY
Signed, titled, and dated, verso India ink and watercolor on paper This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category

2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Some Other Time (#1979)
By Jack Balas
Located in New York, NY
Signed, titled, and dated, verso India ink and watercolor on paper This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category

2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Catsndogs (1)
By Jack Balas
Located in New York, NY
Signed, titled, and dated, verso India ink and watercolor on paper This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category

2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Untitled (Tiger) (#1944)
By Jack Balas
Located in New York, NY
Signed, titled, and dated, verso India ink and watercolor on paper This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category

2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Preface (#1946)
By Jack Balas
Located in New York, NY
Signed, titled, and dated, verso India ink and watercolor on paper This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category

2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Lieutenant (#1899)
By Jack Balas
Located in New York, NY
Signed, titled, and dated, verso India ink and watercolor on paper This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category

2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

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Ed Ruscha (B)usted (Gl)ass (#422)
By Jack Balas
Located in New York, NY
by ClampArt, located in New York City. Jack Balas is an artist whose work primarily includes
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Graphite

Van Gogh's Bedroom (#555)
By Jack Balas
Located in New York, NY
York City. Price includes framing. Jack Balas is an artist whose work primarily includes painting
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Roy Lichtenstein (#1694)
By Jack Balas
Located in New York, NY
in New York City. Price includes framing. Jack Balas is an artist whose work primarily includes
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Shore (#1457)
By Jack Balas
Located in New York, NY
is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Jack Balas is an artist whose work primarily
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Ink

Joke (#1721)
By Jack Balas
Located in New York, NY
, located in New York City. Price includes framing. Jack Balas is an artist whose work primarily includes
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

India Ink, Paper, Watercolor

Back There (#1596)
By Jack Balas
Located in New York, NY
, located in New York City. Jack Balas is an artist whose work primarily includes painting, drawing, and
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Oil, Paper

Reginald Marsh: Tattoo and a Haircut (#547)
By Jack Balas
Located in New York, NY
City. Price includes framing. Jack Balas is an artist whose work primarily includes painting, drawing
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel

And to All a Good Night (Wednesday) (Deer) (#1449)
By Jack Balas
Located in New York, NY
ink, verso $3400.00 + framing This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Jack
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor

Checkered Passed (Tied) (#1574)
By Jack Balas
Located in New York, NY
circles—in a great way, and in an optimistic way as well. (It’s about time.)” - - - Jack Balas is an
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Back Road (#1291)
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2010s Other Art Style Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Jack Balas is an artist whose work primarily includes painting, drawing and photography; occasionally cross-pollinated with writing and other media. After earning his BFA and MFA in sculpture from Northern Illinois University, Balas moved from the Chicago area to Los Angeles, where he worked as a cross-country art shipper, driving between Los Angeles and New York on a route that regularly took him through the western landscapes that have come to define much of his work. Eventually moving away from sculpture entirely, Balas began producing paintings of athletic young men, annotated and layered with numbers, illustrations, personal anecdotes, and other disparate elements that offer a depiction of idealized masculinity in America through the lens of Balas's personal experiences; as well as a contemporary counterpoint to the art-historical archetype of the female nude. A 1995 recipient of an Individual Fellowship in Painting from the National Endowment for the Arts, Balas is now represented in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum, New York; the Denver Art Museum, Colorado; the Tucson Museum of Art, Arizona; the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Iowa; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California; the 21c Museum, Louisville, Kentucky; the Albuquerque Museum, New Mexico; and the Usiminas Cultural Institute, Ipatinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil; among others. Balas currently divides his time between Denver and Tucson.

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Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.

Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.

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