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Edgar Balogh was born in the wild North of Maramures, in Sighet.   A young 34 yo teacher, graduated the University of Art and Design Cluj, Romania. In a neorealist style, his  artwork comes from deep inside, filtered through infinite layers of subconscious. A classic artist with strange and troubling visions. 


    Edgar Balogh produces paintings that make one’s flesh creep, in a dark somewhere between Dr. Seuss and Jake & Dinos Chapman’s melted dollflesh mannequins.

    Folds of flesh are convincingly modelled into bodies resembling and re-assembling trans-species hybrids, in a kind of experimental cloning. Long-legged, insectile nanohumanoids whip their lizard-like tails into spiralling vortexes of flesh. One nightmarish image contrasts plumped fingerprint whirls into a disturbing grin wrapped around the central omphalos of a Cyclops’ eye. Perhaps due to the engorged penile pseudopodium that lies beneath.

    The paintings taunt us in that abject territory made familiar by the American performance artist Paul McCarthy. The vuvuzela, a comical instrument made of cheap plastic is held and played whilst a mute inhuman face with holes for eyes and mouth stares out at us. Are they part of the same body, simultaneously playing out their dumb show whilst watching for our reaction?

    "Exbarbie..XII"  is a close up of a face of indeterminate age or gender. Its wrinkles indicate someone advanced in years but the otherwise elastic quality of the skin suggests the face of an especially miserable foetus. The purplish growth on the forehead, together with the supernumerary nipple or navel, indexes science fiction.  Is the need to shut out or contain pain the reason these eyes close against the world voluntarily? Or is it because they cannot or will not open to return our gaze? Any clues we might rely upon by way of human eye contact are denied.  These portraits beg the question: are we actually staring into the face of the inhuman?


"Les toiles et les dessins de E. Balogh sont impressionnant à première vue. Puis progressivement, le peintre nous fait entrer dans son univers psychologique. Et, alors on est beaucoup plus sensible à l'extraordinaire maîtrise de la peinture et du graphisme. J'ai acquis deux toiles et quelques dessins; ce sont des pièces importantes pour ne pas dire essentielles de notre collections."

Jean-Louis C.
(Suisse)


"I'm very pleased with the painting. It looks outstanding in person and you can really see all the skill and detail that's gone into making the painting. Looking forward to seeing more of Edgar's work in the future!

Alex L.
(Great Britain)

Edgar Balogh  -  "BAROQUE" Series / BAROQUE 8

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© RomanianArtworks
16" x 12"  (40  cm x 30 cm) 
 oil on limewood panel
unframed 


Edgar Balogh  -  "BAROQUE" Series / BAROQUE 7

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© RomanianArtworks
11" x 8"  (30  cm x 20 cm) 
 oil on oak panel
unframed 

SOLD


Edgar Balogh  -  "BAROQUE" Series / BAROQUE 6

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© RomanianArtworks
16" x 12"  (40  cm x 30 cm) 
 oil on limewood panel
unframed 


Edgar Balogh  -  "BAROQUE" Series / BAROQUE 5

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© RomanianArtworks
16" x 12"  (40  cm x 30 cm) 
 oil on limewood panel
unframed 


Edgar Balogh  -  "BAROQUE" Series / BAROQUE 4

Picture
© RomanianArtworks
16" x 12"  (40  cm x 30 cm) 
 oil on limewood panel
unframed 

SOLD


Edgar Balogh  -  "BAROQUE" Series / BAROQUE 3

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© RomanianArtworks
11" x 8"  (29  cm x 21 cm) 
 oil on oak panel
unframed 


Edgar Balogh  -  "BAROQUE" Series / BAROQUE 2

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© RomanianArtworks
28" x 20"  (70 cm x 50 cm)  oil on canvas, 2012  

unframed 

SOLD

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Edgar Balogh  -  "BAROQUE" Series / BAROQUE 1

Picture
© RomanianArtworks
28" x 20"  (70 cm x 50 cm) oil on canvas, 2012  

unframed 



SOLD, Great Britain

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XXXVI   Edgar Balogh  -  "Exbarbie & Flesh Tones" Series

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© RomanianArtworks
28" x 20"  (70 cm x 50 cm) oil on linen, 2012  

unframed 

SOLD


XXXV   Edgar Balogh  -  "Exbarbie & Flesh Tones" Series

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© RomanianArtworks
23" x 15"  (60 cm x 39 cm) oil on limewood panel, 2012  

unframed 

SOLD


XXXIV   Edgar Balogh  -  "Exbarbie & Flesh Tones" Series

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© RomanianArtworks
17" x 12"  (42 cm x 30 cm) oil on canvas, 2012  

unframed 

SOLD


XXXIII   Edgar Balogh  -  "Exbarbie & Flesh Tones" Series

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© RomanianArtworks
11" x 8"  (29 cm x 21 cm) oil on fiberboard panel, 2012  

unframed 


XXXII   Edgar Balogh  -  "Exbarbie & Flesh Tones" Series

Picture
© RomanianArtworks
11" x 8"  (29 cm x 21 cm) oil on fiberboard panel, 2012  

unframed 

SOLD


XXXI   Edgar Balogh  -  "Exbarbie & Flesh Tones" Series

Picture
© RomanianArtworks
SOLD

11" x 8"  (29 cm x 21 cm) oil on fiberboard panel, 2012  


unframed 


XXX   Edgar Balogh  -  "Exbarbie & Flesh Tones" Series

Picture
© RomanianArtworks
11" x 8"  (29 cm x 21 cm) oil on fiberboard panel, 2012  

unframed 

SOLD


XXIX   Edgar Balogh  -  "Exbarbie & Flesh Tones" Series

Picture
© RomanianArtworks
11" x 8"  (29 cm x 21 cm) oil on fiberboard panel, 2012  

unframed 


XXVIII   Edgar Balogh  -  "Exbarbie & Flesh Tones" Series

Picture
© RomanianArtworks
11" x 8"  (29 cm x 21 cm) oil on fiberboard panel, 2012  

unframed 


Vuvuzela    Edgar Balogh  -  "Exbarbie & Flesh Tones" 

Picture
© RomanianArtworks
28" x 20"  (70x50 cm) oil on linen, 2011  

unframed 


 V  "Exbarbie & Flesh Tones"  -  Edgar Balogh

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© RomanianArtworks
28" x 20"  (70x50 cm) oil on canvas, 2009

unframed  

​SOLD

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 XII  "Exbarbie & Flesh Tones"  -  Edgar Balogh

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© RomanianArtworks
17" x 12"  (42 x30 cm) oil on canvas panel, 2010

unframed  


 XXVII  "Exbarbie & Flesh Tones"  -  Edgar Balogh

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© RomanianArtworks
28" x 20"  (70 x 50 cm) oil on linen, 2010 - 2011

unframed  


 IX  "Exbarbie & Flesh Tones"  -  Edgar Balogh

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© RomanianArtworks
12" x 10"  (30 x 25 cm) oil on linen

unframed  


 III  "Exbarbie & Flesh Tones"  -  Edgar Balogh

Picture
© RomanianArtworks
28" x 20"  (70 x 50 cm) oil on canvas

unframed  


SOLD

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 XI  "Exbarbie & Flesh Tones"  -  Edgar Balogh

Picture
© RomanianArtworks
15.7" x 12"  (40 x 30 cm) oil on linen

unframed  


 XXVI  "Exbarbie & Flesh Tones"  -  Edgar Balogh

Picture
© RomanianArtworks
16" x 20"  (40 x 50 cm) oil on canvas

unframed  

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 XXIII  "Exbarbie & Flesh Tones"  -  Edgar Balogh

Picture
© RomanianArtworks
15.7" x 12"  (40 x 30 cm) oil on linen

unframed  


 XIII  "Exbarbie & Flesh Tones"  -  Edgar Balogh

Picture
© RomanianArtworks
16 1/2" x 12"  (42 x 30 cm) oil on canvas

unframed  


 XX  "Exbarbie & Flesh Tones"  -  Edgar Balogh

Picture
© RomanianArtworks
16 1/2" x 12"  (42 x 30 cm) oil on linen

unframed  


 XXII  "Exbarbie & Flesh Tones"  -  Edgar Balogh

Picture
© RomanianArtworks
28" x 20"  (70 x 50 cm) oil on canvas

unframed  

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SOLD


 VIII  "Exbarbie & Flesh Tones"  -  Edgar Balogh

Picture
© RomanianArtworks
16" x 20"  (40 x 50 cm) oil on canvas

unframed  


 VII  "Exbarbie & Flesh Tones"  -  Edgar Balogh

Picture
© RomanianArtworks
28" x 20"  (35 x 35 cm) oil on linen 
unframed  


 VI  "Exbarbie & Flesh Tones"  -  Edgar Balogh

Picture
© RomanianArtworks
16 1/2" x 12"  (42 x 30 cm) oil on canvas 
unframed 

​
SOLD


 IV  "Exbarbie & Flesh Tones"  -  Edgar Balogh

Picture
© RomanianArtworks
28" x 20"  (70 x 50 cm) oil on canvas  
unframed  

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 XXV  "Exbarbie & Flesh Tones"  -  Edgar Balogh

Picture
© RomanianArtworks
28" x 20"  (70 x 50 cm) oil on canvas  
unframed