Sandi Fellman (*1952)
#26 from the series »À rebours«, 1982
The fashion photographer Sandi Fellman became known in the art world with her series on traditional Japanese full-body tattooing, which was made popular again by yakuza gangs. In the 1980s she photographed still lifes – exquisite compositions of flowers, feathers, lace and ethereal body parts, which she took from above with a 20x24-inch instant camera. The brilliant colours and layered nature of the Polaroid emulsion, which »has a relief, like Japanese lacquer painting«, suited her work.
Her scenarios have a seductive sensuality that is less erotic than suggestive: Fellman hints at stories that celebrate the complexity of life without being narrative. In the construction of her constellations, which unite the simple and the complex, the natural and the man-made, the Polaroid process allows her spontaneity: »They are a bit like automatic writing - instinctual creations that simply happen rather than being planned, but they express deep inner truths«.
PolaColor 20x24, print date: Vintage / Unique
Image dimensions ca. 61 x 51 cm (61 x 51 inch)
Object dimensions ca. 77 x 55,8 cm (77 x 55,8 inch)
Mounting, Framing Mounted in black metal frame c. 90 x 70 cm
Annotations
Titled, signed and dated in the lower margin, former Polaroid Coll. no. »82:682:24« on the reverse
Literature
Amy M. Schiffman, Sandi Fellman: Beyond the Surface, in: Graphis Journal Magazine, #253, January / February 1988, Coverstory
Prints / Stillleben / Farbfotografie /
