First Edition
Dimension (x,y,z):
51.18 x 68.11 inches (130.00 x 173.00 cm)
Original Price: 44000.00 EUR
Run: 10
cross 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, t
