Steve Rosendale 'Thunderbird Motel' animals

Steve Rosendale 'Thunderbird Motel' animalsThe Thunderbird Motel is the kind of destination that a hero and his heroine would cruise up to, the kind of place our protagonist would hide out in, sipping sangria beside the pool. In his practice, Steve Rosendale sifts through hundreds of film stills, searching for an evocation. Here, in the golden hour of yesteryear, he finds just that. Rosendales work draws upon the collective memories of popular culture. He sets up enthralling mise en scenes,

portraiture and those hankering for a beach holiday

The white light of early morning caramelises into gold

on a tin roof or silhouetted against the night sky – enigmatic

Paper Dimensions: 91 x 70 cm

where every view may be different but it bears intensely on your inner self

In ‘Josephine II’

'This is not a fountain

the girl fixes her gaze on the dark figure

making this work a quietly beautiful collaboration between two extraordinary partners

'Little King'

For collectors of socially conscious and Jewish art

Artbank and the Royal Museum of Fine Art in Antwerp