Passement lichtrose van kleur en voorzien van picots c. 1920

This light pink trim with picots was made by Gustav Schnitzler, though we don’t know exactly when. Can you imagine the delicate, repetitive movements involved in its making? The artist, wrapping it, round and round, onto its cardboard support? I think about Agnes Martin when I look at this. She wasn’t interested in the grand gesture, but more in the intimate, repetitive ones, of drawing lines, over and over. Each mark a testament to the present moment, each an invitation to see the world with greater clarity. This trim is similar to a painting in that it offers us a different way of seeing, thinking, and experiencing the world. Schnitzler shows us the beauty in the everyday, how the simplest of objects can hold so much artistry and care. Like a painting, the piece embodies its own form of expression, embracing ambiguity and uncertainty, allowing for multiple interpretations.