Julian Schnabel Polaroids


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The exhibition “Julian Schnabel Polaroids: Beyond Infinity and Grandview” will present a selection of photographs, mostly unpublished, which offer an insight into the enigmatic character of the artist and a glimpse into his working environment. Works to be exhibited include images of Schnabel’s family and friends, such as Lou Reed, Placido Domingo and Mickey Rourke, alongside Polaroids of the artist's private spaces within the Palazzo Chupi on New York's lower west side and the interiors and surroundings of his studios in Brooklyn, Montauk and Manhattan. Schnabel took these extraordinary large-format Polaroids, both in brilliant colour and black-and-white, using a dolly-mounted 20 x 24 in. 1970s camera, and in some cases the artist has painted on the surfaces of the photographs. There will also be an exhibition of Schnabel’s photographs in the NRW Forum, with a new publication to accompany both shows. Born in New York City (1951), Schnabel received acclaim for his Plate Paintings in the early eighties and has created an influential body of work in the intervening years, including paintings, sculptures and photographs. He has also directed films since the mid-nineties: Basquiat (1996), Before Night Falls (2000) and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007, Oscar for Best Director). His fourth film Miral will be premiered in 2010. Exhibitions of Schnabel’s work have been held in some of the world’s leading museums and the artist is represented in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Whitney Museum of Art, New York; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; The Guggenheim Museums, New York and Bilbao; Centre Pompidou, Paris; and Tate Gallery, London. Bernheimer Fine Art Photography is the exclusive representative of Schnabel’s photographical work in Germany. JULIAN SCHNABEL POLAROIDS COLLECTORS’ EDITION. During the exhibition Bernheimer Fine Art Photography will offer a „Collectors' Edition“ of an exclusive series of unique Polaroids. The small format Polaroid is available mounted and will include a signed copy of the new publication JULIAN SCHNABEL POLAROIDS by Petra Giloy-Hirtz (Prestel Verlag). The „Collectors' Edition“ can be purchased at the Gallery for 2.200,00 Euro.