Seasons
Seasons is a series of prints originally made for an exhibition in Tokyo in December 2023. The exhibition was held at People Contemporary, a small gallery in Shibuya. The series consists of twelve prints and functions as a calendar of seasonal food. Each print shows a fruit or a vegetable that is in season that month or from that month on.
Some prints used colored paper and instead of using the guillotine, each print was trimmed by hand. The torn ragged edges show the original colors of the paper. Other techniques were also used, including the split-fountain (June, October, December), metallic paint (December), glass particles that imitate snow (February), and green pigment that looks and feels like mold (December).
Torn edge detail, photography by Klemen Ilovar
Installation view from the exhibition in Tokyo
The fruits and vegetables was determined by the seasonal cycles in Ljubljana, with the exception of December, represented by the Japanese seasonal citrus Dekopon, which was also served at the opening.
Installation view from the exhibition in Tokyo
Names of the months were painted on the wall above the prints
All the prints were made by Gal Šnajder at his newly established print house Čiračara in Maribor, Slovenia. Each print is signed and numbered in a limited edition of 15. Some of the prints are available for purchase on this website, depending on the time of year and their seasonal availability.
Exhibition signage and wall texts
Print close-ups, photography by Klemen Ilovar
Print close-ups, photography by Klemen Ilovar
