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Julian Schnabel — Bel-Air
Julian Schnabel

Bel-Air

Julian Schnabel's *Bel-Air* merges the immediacy of Polaroid photography with gestural ink marks and a glossy resin surface, creating a layered tension between the mechanical and the hand-made. The work reflects Schnabel's signature approach of combining unlikely materials to produce surfaces that feel simultaneously raw and opulent. The resin encases and unifies these disparate elements, giving the piece a luminous depth that transforms the everyday photographic image into something monumental.

Medium
Polaroid, ink, resin on paper

🔨 Auction Lot

Under the Influence

December 10, 2014

Estimate: $7,000$9,000

Sold: $6,250

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Julian Schnabel, Bel-Air

Julian Schnabel's *Bel-Air* merges the immediacy of Polaroid photography with gestural ink marks and a glossy resin surface, creating a layered tension between the mechanical and the hand-made. The work reflects Schnabel's signature approach of combining unlikely materials to produce surfaces that feel simultaneously raw and opulent. The resin encases and unifies these disparate elements, giving the piece a luminous depth that transforms the everyday photographic image into something monumental.

Medium
Polaroid, ink, resin on paper
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Bold Colors, Resin, Polaroid Photography, Male Artist, Provocative Mood, Mixed Media, American Artist, Contemporary Art, Abstract, Neo-Expressionism, Ink on Paper, Experimental Medium

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