Joshua Dildine (American, b. 1984) "Old Hands Sons Jaw"

Provenance Note: Charles E. Balbach (1934-2024) was a respected Western New York civic leader, arts patron, and dedicated collector whose leadership left a lasting mark on the region’s cultural institutions. A graduate of Harvard University, Balbach combined intellectual rigor with a deep commitment to public service and philanthropy. He served for more than two decades on the board of the Buffalo AKG Art Museum (formerly the Albright-Knox Art Gallery), including a term as President of the Board. During his tenure, he helped guide long-range planning initiatives and strengthen institutional stewardship at a pivotal moment in the museum’s evolution. A thoughtful and disciplined collector, Balbach believed strongly in public access to art and in the responsibility of collectors to support the institutions that sustain cultural life. His legacy reflects a lifetime of civic engagement, connoisseurship, and enduring dedication to the arts.

Joshua Dildine (American, b. 1984)
Joshua Dildine is an artist who merges photography with gestural painting to explore memory and personal history. His work often begins with photographs of everyday objects or banal scenes, which he transforms with bold, impasto-laden acrylic and oil paint into dynamic, science-fictional forms. By layering paint over familiar imagery, Dildine creates a tension between the immediacy of the present and the nostalgia of the past. His compositions evoke the human tendency to reflect on and reinterpret personal experiences, blending the real with the imagined.