Julian Schnabel
Ascension IV, 2015
Inkjet print, ink, and spray paint on polyester
84h x 62 1/2w x 2d in
© Julian Schnabel Photo by Argenis Apolinario Courtesy the artist and Vito Schnabel Gallery
“A long time ago, I had a show at the Whitney. Was I excited about that? Yeah, I was. Does it matter now? No.”
The artist Julian Schnabel was driving in Troncones, Mexico, near where he has a home, when the pink fabric roof of a makeshift toy store caught his eye. “I found that material to look like a painting,” he says, “So I stopped and bought the roof of the guy’s store and stretched it between some palm trees.”