Perfect Forms, 2010-2015
Barry X Ball was born in 1955 in Pasadena, CA and lives and works in New York. His work has been exhibited at Ca’ Rezzonico in conjunction with the 54th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia; PS1; SITE Santa Fe; Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume; Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall; Le Printemps de Septembre; Kunsthalle Krems; Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano; me Collectors Room Berlin; Modemuseum Hasselt; Today Art Museum, Beijing; Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto; Musée d’art contemporain de Lyon, among others. In 2018-19, Villa Panza in Varese, Italy mounted a major retrospective of Ball’s work, featuring 56 works from the Panza Collection and other selected European and American collections. Most recently, the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas presented a comprehensive solo exhibition of new and loaned works (2020-21). His work is included in public and private collections worldwide, including the Hammer Museum; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; 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.