The works on display range from fashion and portrait photography to nudes and conceptual approaches.
Image gallery
Claire Danes 2019
Marina Abramovic 2009
Mike Tyson - Trainings Camp, Ohio, 1990
The following artists are featured in the exhibition:
Peter Beard, Michel Comte, Sebastian Copeland, Patrick Demarchelier, Victor Demarchelier, Arthur Elgort, Esther Haase, Olaf Heine, Jean-Baptiste Huynh, Russell James, Walter Iooss Jr., Helmut Newton, Rankin, Eugenio Recuenco, Martin Schoeller, Ruud van Empel, and Albert Watson
Characterized by unique color nuances, material traces in the images, and the individual artistic signature of each photographer, the distinctive aesthetic of the Polaroid is revealed.
In their uniqueness, the works develop a special visual and emotional presence.
The exhibition title Peel Off refers to the characteristic process of early instant film, in which the protective layer of the Polaroid could be peeled off the image carrier after development.
This physical act of peeling symbolizes the moment of the image’s formation and the revelation of the motif:
The work emerges immediately as a unique original that defies any form of reproduction, thereby underscoring the special value of the Polaroid as an artistic and collectible object.
