Lint op karton, wit satijnlint met daarop een smal zwart fluwelen lint c. 1926

Here we have ‘Lint op karton, wit satijnlint met daarop een smal zwart fluwelen lint’ by Gustav Schnitzler, and it's all about the texture and contrast. Imagine Schnitzler in his studio, carefully wrapping these ribbons around the cardboard. The white satin catches the light so differently from the dark velvet, right? It's this play between the shiny and matte, soft and firm, that gets me going. You can almost feel the smoothness of the satin against the slight fuzziness of the velvet. It's like he's not just presenting ribbons, but exploring the push and pull of opposites. Think about how Ellsworth Kelly used hard edges to define colour, or Agnes Martin's subtle grids. Schnitzler does something similar, turning everyday materials into a study of perception. Artists, we're always riffing off each other, even when using very different languages!