BALLOON PEOPLE Paintings by
Paintings by
ALAIN RODIER
The BALLOON PEOPLE
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The First man. 2014
Oil paint on canvas. 130cmX 100cm 2
THE FIRST MAN. It all started with this one man. People were wondering what was he doing dragging these big balloons. Like the ones they used to play with on the sandy beaches of the Soviet Union when they were kids. He would be seen dragging these balloons day in and day out until the image of him would become closely associated with the one of those balloons. Some say the balloons represented all his life’s baggage, his worries his regrets but also his achievements, and his success. They were so important to his life that one day those balloons and himself turned into one entity. The first balloon man was created. It did not happen overnight but over a certain time, in which other people seemed to evolve into this strange new species.. Men and women started to transform themselves into “ Balloon people”. Life was evolving quite naturally and the sight of Balloon men and women became natural. Successful balloon people had their portraits painted by famous Balloon artists who in turn helped to preserve the “balloon people”’s way of life...
Strange Galaxy. 2013
Oil paint silkscreen ink on canvas. 200X 160cm
This painting was the inspiration for my balloon paintings,when I finished it the wife of a good friend of mine looked at it and said “.. what a strange idea to do a painting of balloons”.. Even though it was not, this remark stayed in my brain and gave me the idea that developed into this exhibition of paintings of “Balloon people”. 3
How Balloon People see the world. 2015 Ink on paper. 59cmX 84cm 10 prints signed and numbered 1 to 10 4
The first Balloon man. 2014
Oil paint on canvas. 130cmX 110cm 5
Balloon head of Anastasia 2014 Oil on canvas. 85cmX 70cm 6
Reclining balloon nude. 2014 Oil on canvas. 130cmX 80cm
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Balloon Arnie. 2014
Oil on canvas. 100cmX 80cm 8
Balloon woman laying on sofa. 2014 Oil on canvas. 130cmX 80cm
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Balloon cabaret girls. 2015 Oil paint on canvas 200cmX 120cm 10
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Balloon nude sitting on chair. 2014 Oil on canvas. 160cmX 110cm 12
STAGES OF BALLOONISATION
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The dream. 2016 Acrylic paint on canvas 100cmX 100cm 14
Back nude in shadow with open book and balloon arm. 2017 Acrylic paint gold leaf on canvas 130cmX 95cm 15
Yulia with balloons. 2017 Acrylic paint on canvas 75cmX65cm 16
Balloon Zosya. 2016 Oil paint on canvas 100cmX 80cm 2517
Balloon transformation Julia. 2016 Acrylic paint on canvas 100cmX 80cm 18
Balloon gendarme. 2016 Oil paint on canvas 100cmX 80cm 19
Balloon Alex. 2016 Oil paint on canvas 100cmX 80cm 20
Balloon Alla. 2016 Acrylic paint on canvas 90cmX 90cm 21
Balloon nude from the back. 2015 Oil paint on canvas 130cmX 100cm 22
Balloon cover girl. 2016 Oil paint on canvas 100cmX 80cm 23
Balloon baby. 2015 Acrylic paint on canvas 60cmX 40cm 24
Balloon escort. 2016 Acrylic paint on canvas 120cmX 100cm 25
Motocyle balloon girl. 2016 Oil paint on canvas 100cmX 80cm 26
Motorcycle girl 2. 2016 Oil paint on canvas 100cmX 100cm 27
Balloon Nadia. 2016 Acrylic paint on canvas 60cmX 40cm 28
Balloon croutching nude. 2016 Oil paint on canvas 100cmX 100cm 29
Balloon Anna C. 2015 Oil paint on canvas 120cmX 80cm 30
Reclining balloon nude. 2015 Oil paint on canvas 130cmX 90cm 31
Balloon Yulia. 2015 Oil paint on canvas 130cmX 100cm 32
Balloon Natasha with jacket. 2016 Oil paint on canvas 130cmX 110cm 33
Balloon Alina. 2015 Oil paint on canvas 120cmX 90cm 34
Balloon Lidia. 2015 Oil paint on canvas 120cmX 90cm 35
Balloon Miss Ukraine ( 2015). 2016 Oil paint on canvas 100cmX 80cm 36
Balloon Miss Ukraine 2 (2015). 2016 Oil paint on canvas 100cmX 80cm 37
Anastasia turning into a Balloon woman stage 1. 2014
Oil paint, ink on canvas. 85cmX 70cm 38
Anastasia turning into a Balloon woman stage 2. 2014
Oil paint, ink on canvas. 85cmX 70cm
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Anna turning into A Balloon woman. 2015 Oil on canvas. 100cmX 95cm 40
THE BALLOON SKULL SERIE
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rsion. 2016
printed ve Balloon skull PVC print m 300cmX 300c
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Balloon skull. 2015 Oil paint on canvas 200cmX 200cm 45
Balloon skull pink balloons. 2016 Acrylic paint on canvas 100cmX 100cm 46
Balloon skull in Ukraine. 2016 Acrylic paint on canvas 100cmX 100cm 47
Balloon skull red balloons. 2016 Acrylic paint on canvas 100cmX 80cm 48
Balloon skull gold background. 2016 Acrylic paint metallic paint on canvas 100cmX 100cm 49
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THE BALLOON FRUIT SERIE EXHIBITED AS ONE PIECE: 6 paintings.
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Balloon strawverries. 2016 Oil paint on canvas 100cmX 100cm 54
Balloon cherries. 2016 Oil paint on canvas 100cmX 100cm 55
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Balloon apple-pear-watermellon and pineaple. 2016 Oil paint on canvas Each 50cmX 40cm 57
Balloon Basketball hero. 2016 Acrylic paint on canvas 150X 100cm 58
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BALLOON PEOPLE PAINTINGS EXHIBITIONS PHOTOGRAPHS
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AMD exhibition. 2016
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PALMGREEN Gallery LVIV
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EXHIBITIONS Collection Gallery. London 1991 Chelsea Gallery. London 1992 Gallery America. NYC 1994 Bleeker Gallery. NYC 1994 Galerie Guenegaud. Paris 1995 Saint Saviour Gallery. London 1998 Opera Gallery. NYC 2000 Galeie Seine 51. Paris 2001 Galerie Seine 51. Paris 2002 Air Gallery. London 2003 Chateau l’Hospitalet. France 2004 Chinagora. Paris 2004 V&A Gallery. Beyrouth Libanon 2005 Galerie Xavier Sequier. Paris 2005 Espace Matignon. Paris 2005 Opera Gallery. Dubai 2008 Opera Gallery. Monte Carlo 2008 Walls Gallery. Amsterdam 2008 Galerie Couteron. Paris 2011 Galerie Raphael Imbert. Paris 2011 Gallery Abiaad. Beyrouth Libanon. 2011 Galerie 7 Deloison. 2011 SW1 Gallery LONDON 2012 Intercontinental KIEV 2013 Dymchuk gallery Kiev 2015 Gallery Dymchuk Odessa. 2015 Gallery Palmgreen Lviv 2015 Gallery KZ Kiev 2016 Gallery Jose Kiev 2016 AMD 2016
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