SCHNABEL EFFECTS “Pretty Wood”
April 19th (Fri.) to 27th (Sat.), 2024, 12:00-18:00 *Closed on Tuesdays

TRINE GALLERY is pleased to present SCHNABEL EFFECTS “Pretty Wood” from April 19th (Fri.) to 27th (Sat.), 2024.
The imagery created by SCHNABEL EFFECTS traverses between the distant past and the ongoing present. Ancient trees, forgotten and untouched by anyone, becoming like mossy pools in large pots. The patterns of sunlight, printed in silk screen, evoke the bright Mediterranean sun, reminiscent of decorative motifs from around the world such as Majorcan tiles, Arabesques found on the walls of historic mosques, and the traditional colors of Japanese temples and shrines.
The charm of decorative graphics, passed down across nations, religions, cultures, and ages. Perhaps therein lies the origin of the “cute” that humanity has been seeking for centuries.

Exhibition:  “Portrait by Artbooks” by SCHNABEL EFFECTS
—– ‘Artbook collection by a person is his/her own portrait’ (by SCHNABEL EFFECTS)

In cooperation with:  Yasushi Fujimoto, Art Director, CAP
Yasumichi Morita, Representative & Designer, GLAMOROUS Co., Ltd.
Keiichi Mizuno, Owner, GALLERY TARGET

Date:  February 9 – February 25, 2012

Place:  GALLERY TARGET (2-32-10 Jingumae, Shibuyaku, Tokyo, Japan)
www.gallery-target.com

SCHNABEL EFFECTS with stylish, delightful and sometimes sexy graphic works, and also with the unidentified rabbit character, which often appears in the magazines “VOGUE JAPAN,” “FIGARO japon” and “BRUTUS,” has many fans in the fashion industry and among editors.

The exhibition “Portrait by Artbooks” showed the other face of SCHNABEL EFFECTS — new artworks by silkscreen artist.  The subject matter was artbook.  “Artbook is my teacher for me.  I’m not an artbook collector who often treasures them, but I pile them up carelessly in my room.  It’s like a feeling of a junior high school student who puts posters of favorite rockers on the wall.”  It’s  often said that bookshelf reflects the character of an owner.  I found out that owner’s sensibility showed vividly by narrowing it down to artbook.  I, SCHNABEL EFFECTS, penetrated into libraries of my honorable people.

“Art Director Yasushi Fujimoto describes the size of his library by weight, by counting 14 tons, not by a number of volumes.  In the library there are four or five copies of the photo books by Bruce Weber and Larry Clark.  I assume that he didn’t remember what he bought and mistakenly got the same books several times.  I guess he thought the books were very good everytime he saw them in a fresh feeling.”

By going through several filters–from an artist to other artists, it ends in a condensed work as a form of using oil painting and silkscreen together.  Enjoy the artworks at “Portrait by Artbooks,” like a sense of ‘espresso’ so to speak!

Information of the exhibition appeared in the following magazines:
“VOGUE JAPAN”
“Numero TOKYO”
“BRUTUS”
“Plus 81 magazine”
And other magazines

In Websites:

Numero.jp    http://numero.fusosha.co.jp/recommend/cr/exhibitions.html
Pen Online    http://www.pen-online.jp/news/1840/
madamefigaro.jp    http://news.madamefigaro.jp/culture/schnabel-effects.html