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Stefanie Schneider
Primary Colors - Contemporary, Abstract, Landscape, USA, Polaroid, Flag

2001

$22,000
£16,354.50
€19,145.81
CA$30,768.61
A$34,353.96
CHF 17,919.96
MX$422,433
NOK 226,172.20
SEK 212,933.16
DKK 142,827.80
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Primary Colors (Stranger than Paradise) - 2001 Edition 1/5, 9 pieces, each 48x47cm, installed 159x156cm including 5 cm gap in between each piece. 9 Analog C-Prints, hand-printed by the artist based on the 9 original Polaroids. Mounted on Aluminum with matte UV-Protection. Artist Inventory No. 313.01 Signed on verso with Certificate (COA). Ready to hang. Stefanie Schneider's photographs evoke scintillating moments suspended between daydreams and waking reality. Each scene, captured in the southwestern United States, radiates a surreal enchantment. The artist's role appears minimal yet pivotal, providing the decisive impulse that sets the imagery into motion. The figures in her photographs remain as elusive as the motivations behind their actions, and the narratives woven through her sequences are tantalizingly open to interpretation. Atmospheric disturbances in Schneider's work emerge as the result of a deliberate narrative arrangement, compelling viewers to navigate between visual mementos and the gaps in memory they conjure. Yet, her artistry is no less purposeful in its engagement with medium. Despite the inherent unpredictability of expired Polaroid film, Schneider wields it with calculated intent. The photo-chemical self-developing process, altered by age and decay, transforms the initial exposure into something alien yet mesmerizing. This dysfunction is a cornerstone of MIND SCREEN, a multi-part work that explores the fragility of reality, authenticity, and comprehension. Schneider juxtaposes this brittleness with a magical realism steeped in chimeras, crafting dreamlike sequences that resist definitive narratives. She entrusts viewers with the responsibility of piecing together presumed storylines, refusing to offer a manual for interpretation. Instead, her work draws us into a realm where the unreal reigns—shimmering scenes that evoke the mirage of a road movie, a moment of violence, or a tragic self-sacrifice. Film genres are invoked and subverted in a single breath: Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders is reimagined through a rose-tinted lens, Thelma & Louise becomes an anthem of collective heroism, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly dissolve into mutual destruction. Schneider's imagery shimmers and flickers like an elusive vision, pulling viewers into a dream they cannot escape or verify. Reality and fantasy intertwine, leaving us captivated in a cinematic reverie where nothing is certain, yet everything feels achingly real.

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