Dimensions
173cm x 130cm
Prints arrive float-mounted on a concealed aluminium support, designed to give the impression that the artwork floats freely when hung – as envisioned by the artist. For archival purposes, the mounting system can be fully removed by an experienced framer.
Medium
Archival pigment print with deckled edges on 350gsm Arches Cold Pressed Cotton Rag paper, uniquely hand-finished by the artist with white oil paint and a layer of poured, 'liquid glass' resin.
Finishing
Individually signed, dated (right) and numbered (left) by the artist.
Across a series of 10 hand-finished prints, Julian Schnabel uses energetic interjections to connect an idyllic vignette with the here and now.
The Swedish House takes its name and subject from a trio of recent paintings based, unusually for the artist, on a photograph. Specifically, a photograph of a small house in rural Sweden. Taken by his brother in law, the postcard-picturesque image appealed to Schnabel's poetic disposition – "a cliché of the perfect place."
In each print a white oil paint mark punctuates the scene below, while a hand-poured layer of resin lends a glass-like finish. The gestural marks, a recurring motif throughout Schnabel's practice, connect the artworks with the present moment. "It says that something's not finished, that we're transients – and there's something that goes beyond the edge."
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