Julian Schnabel  (1951)

Over de kunstenaar
Geboren in New York, U.S.A. Woont en werkt in New York, N.Y.

Momenteel vooral bekend als filmmaker, o.a. Le Scaphandre et le papillon.

Julian Schnabel came to prominence in the eighties as a leading figure in what came to be known as "neo-expressionism". Schnabel´s work often displays a romantic or heroic content, which was seen, after decades when cool minimalism and conceptual art had completely eclipsed painting, as innovatively emotive and subjective. Along with the attention Schnabel garnered for his painting came a hype and controversial stardom never before seen in the art world. Schnabel was, as one observer puts it, "dealt with more as a phenomenon than as a painter", so that the hype surrounding the artist, often self-generated, occluded the importance of the work.

Schnabel is perhaps most famous outside the art world for painting on broken plates and crockery applied onto typically vast wooden armatures. Though he made many works that did not employ this device, these unusual surfaces became his signature style. According to the artist, the idea came to him during a reverie in Europe, when he "had the funny idea" that he wanted to make a painting the size of the oddly large closet in his cheap hotel room, covered with broken plates. The works he made upon his return possessed a sculptural and tactile vitality that catapulted Schnabel into the limelight.

De volgende instellingen bieden werk aan en organiseren exposities:
Guy Pieters Gallery, Knokke
Raab Galerie, Berlin
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris

De volgende musea/instellingen hebben werk in hun collectie:
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Musée d'Art Moderne Mudam, Luxembourg

De volgende kunstuitlenen hebben werk in hun collectie:
LiNK art company B.V., Schiphol

Vertegenwoordigd in de volgende bedrijfscollecties:
Rubell Family Collection, Miami

De volgende instellingen hebben werk in stock:
Galerie Van Gelder, Amsterdam