STEFANIE SCHNEIDER Edition – Gasoline (Stranger than Paradise) – Triptych

Gasoline (Stranger than Paradise) – 1999 3 pieces, each 50x50cm, installed 50x170cm including gaps. sold out Edition of 150, Artist Proof 4/5. Archival C-Prints, based on the 3 Polaroids. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory No. 270. Not mounted. Stefanie Schneider’s new photographic works tell fantastic stories about her adopted Californian home. She seeks out faded American myths and distills auratically charged reality in a very personal and surprising way. She uses out-of-date Polaroid film, and the blemishes caused by the degenerated film stock, – are included in the composition in a painterly way. Exposure mistakes and low budget movie effects are combined to alienating effect. Everything shimmers and flickers before our eyes. The artist plays with the authentic poetry of the amateur, mixing strangely dreamy staging with random photochemical events. Please also view our 1stdibs auctions and the Artsy summer sale.You’ll find my work under the Instantdreams Gallery or just under my name.