Presented by James Freeman Gallery and Artsy, an online exhibition of selected works from my Polaroid Collages - LA/CDMX (2022) series is online now and runs through December 1st. All the info below.

James Freeman Gallery is pleased to present Polaroid Collages – LA/CDMX, a collection of new editions by the British artist Stuart Sandford. The imagery for these works are taken from a group of Polaroid collages originally commissioned by the New Collection, and explore the experience of living in both Los Angeles and Cuidad de Mexico as adopted homes.

Polaroid as a medium allows a moment to be captured and stored in unique physical form. This inevitably makes the photographs themselves special: precious, like the memories they hold, something which in turn we look to hold onto. In creating his collages, Stuart cuts across this special character and ruptures that unique object, but as a means to create something new, much like the process of leaving the past behind to find new life in new cities. Through juxtaposing scenes of intimacy with snapshots of the urban environment, Stuart’s works speak of the romance we can feel for places just as much as we do for people. The works in this collection take those unique collage images and enlarge them into archival prints in editions of 3. The original collages are also available on request.

For a full list of available works, please email info@jamesfreemangallery.com.