In works such as the cityscape High and Low, the acid-bright leisure scene BBQ sur l'herbe, and the painting from which the show takes it's title, Itinerant Ones, de Balincourt zooms out of specific culture into a more global gaze. Juxtapositions of works such as Firepeople and Visionquest, where figures come together in hopes of spiritual enlightenment, with Alex, an intimate portrayal of a friend on the beach, locate de Balincourt's interest in both personal and social depictions of humanity.

This body of work takes the viewer on a journey - an escape - into a realm populated by small communities gathering, converging, or seeking solace or refuge. They may appear cradled by a strange nature, or searching for protection from an ambiguous threat. De Balincourt's scenes come to signify a desire for leisure or reprieve from within a vulnerable and ever-changing landscape, whether physical or psychological. He paints a restless world both in form and content, perhaps suggesting that we are instead the itinerant ones of the show's title.

New Rizzoli Monograph
A new 200-page monograph by Rizzoli has been published with contributions by Bob Nickas, Andrea Scott, and Eric Troncy, available from Victoria Miro. 

International Museum Exhibitions 2013 - 2014
A major solo exhibition Painting 2004-2013 is at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts from November 26, and in Spring 2014 the artist has his first museum presentation in France at the Musée Departmental D'Art Contemporain, Rochechouart.