Lint van roze gaas c. 1900 - 1915

This is a roll of pink gauze ribbon by Gustav Schnitzler, and what strikes me about it is how the material itself becomes the artwork. You know, like paint, this ribbon has a certain materiality. It’s not just an image; it’s a thing with a texture. Look at how it's wound around the core, a neat spiral of soft pink, almost edible looking. It’s so contained, yet suggests endless extension. This interplay between limit and boundlessness, the physical and the imagined, is at the heart of much art. Each loop overlaps the last, like a repeated gesture, building layer upon layer to create something that is both simple and complex. The whole thing reminds me of Eva Hesse, who also liked to use industrial materials in repetitive ways to build sculptures of remarkable beauty and feeling. And like Hesse's work, this piece revels in ambiguity, inviting endless readings and interpretations, asking us to consider how we look, what we see, and what it all might mean.