Julian Schnabel
Victory at S-chanf I, 2021
Oil, plates and bondo on wood
72 x 60 inches (182.9 x 152.4 cm)
© Julian Schnabel Photo by Tom Powel Imaging
To paint a rose is a gesture, imbued with meanings of passion, friendship, admiration, love, elegance, luxury, royalty, beauty, possibility … for whom are the lush roses found in Jorge Galindo and Julian Schnabel’s recent works at the Vito Schnabel Gallery painted? In this two-person exhibition, their first together, they share this subject and express their mutual love for painting and roses, yet their interpretations are drastically different from one another.