Jack Balance
Jack Balance has different representations : main character from Julien Friedler’s Book of Boz, sculpture or painting, comics character, he appears also on merchandising as for example T-shirts. Metaphysical clown, forced by his creator to be only a character, he seeks to act like a real man.
This picture shows a detail of the installation named The Innocents, exposed in 2002 at the Mudima Foundation in Milan, in 2003 at Espace de Retz in Paris and in 2004 during the Flanders Festival.
Jack Balance in action, performances, installations and works…
More Jack Balance…
Jack Balance in the Book of Boz (chapter 1 : My First Character)
Jack Balance in podcast (the audio podcast of Julien Friedler’s Book of Boz).
Jack Balance in a beach performance in Ostende (August 2007)
Jack Balance about the Night of Boz in Brussels (December 2, 2006) : The Night according to Jack
Jack Balance in MySpace
Jack Balance in Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Jack Balance in Munich (Germany)
Julien Friedler en Jack Balance, entouré de ses doubles, dans la Cabine du Boz, à la fin de la performance à Ostende, le 3 août 2007
Les Innocents : un autre regard (2)
Julien Friedler explains why Jack Balance is in the middle of his "Innocents" installation (in French)
November 17th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
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November 23rd, 2007 at 6:53 pm
The Amazing Jack Balance in pictures…
This page collects artworks and links about Jack Balance, the hero of Julien Friedler’s Book of Boz, the epic metaphysical tale of 3 clowns. A rebel, a clown, a metaphysical double, he’s all this at the same time. He appears in paintings, installatio…
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October 8th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
[…] In preview of the "Spirit of Boz" art show at the Mube (Brazil), this is the first exclusive picture of the giant-size Jack Balance doll which will welcoming visitors at the entrance of the museum. A very impressive work (more than 7 meters high) of the character, in a Superman-like posture, ready to reach the sky. What a great evoiution since his first appearance… in a match box ! […]