Queer/Bar is exited to welcome LA artist and photographer Stuart Sandford as the next artist on show in our queer/art series. His installation “Pictures” will be on display in Queer/Bar from August 16th-October 31st. Be the first to check out his show and meet the artist at the Opening Party Thursday, August 16th from 6pm-8pm.

ABOUT THE SHOW
“Pictures is a suite of twenty Polaroids prints taken since 2014 of friends, lovers, spaces, and places. Having predominantly worked with 35mm film up until that point, I had the opportunity of doing a residency at the Tom of Finland Foundation in Los Angeles, and Polaroid seemed like the perfect medium to record my time at that very unique space. I’ve been using it ever since and it’s the immediacy and intimacy inherent within Polaroid that keeps me coming back for more. Other projects, especially my sculptural and moving image works, can take many months or even years to complete, but a perfect Polaroid can be made in an instant.

The title is a nod to Robert Mapplethorpe’s dual exhibition of the same name that took place in 1977 in New York City. In one space Mapplethorpe presented portraits, flowers, and still life’s, in the second space, his fiercely sexual hardcore S/M works. It wasn’t until later in his career that he was able to show his full body of work presented together as he originally intended. Similarly, with this work, I’m not shying away from depictions of overt queer sexuality but putting it directly in the spotlight by presenting it to the world unabashed, uncensored, and in all its glory.’ – Stuart Sanford, 2018

ABOUT THE ARTIST
Stuart Sandford was born in Sheffield, UK, but now lives and works in LA. He received his BA Fine Art in 2006. He has exhibited his photographic, video, sculpture, and installation works in solo and group exhibitions in New York, London, Los Angeles, Berlin, Basel, Rotterdam, Rome, Madrid, Cape Town, and Vienna, amongst others. In 2010, he curated the group show HUNG and co-curated Boy BANG Boy, both of which took place in London. His work has been featured extensively in publications both online and in print, including i-D, Dazed & Confused, BUTT, GT, Maenner, Kaiserin, attitude, Hyperallergic, and Objektiv, the Norwegian journal of contemporary photography. His work appears in numerous private collections including the Sir Elton John Photography collection and in private collections in the UK, USA, Europe, South America and Asia. Visit his website to learn more about him, his art, and to buy. stuartsanford.com.

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