BARRY X BALL. THE END OF HISTORY

In this book “Barry X Ball, a Californian sculptor born in 1955, tackles themes that portray the depth and complexity of his artistic philosophy. From minimalist beginnings to the current experimentation, Barry’s work has maintained a constant tension between tradition and innovation, high technology and history, and essentiality and enchantment as he explores his field of inspiration, which concerns art history, the concept of style, the theme of authenticity and seriality, and the continuity of an artwork’s value over the course of centuries. Ball’s study is continuous and absolute; it places the image itself as one of the central points, since it is through the image that temporal relationships deriving from history are manifested, and where present and past are constantly linked, creating a kind of short circuit.” (A. Bernardini)