The artist Stephan Balkenhol has been producing polychromatic wood sculptures since 1980s, large-scale figures imbued with the artist's deadpan humor. His work renews questions about figuration and the representation of the human body in contemporary society. This thoughtful entry in the Plastic Arts Collection from Editions Dis Voir provides an examination of Balkenhol's work, his offbeat sensibility and the haunting vacancies of his sculptures.