As part of
an exchange with Berlin’s Tanya Leighton Gallery, Bureau hosts Jonas Lipps, a
German artist who works in watercolor, casein, collage and colored pencil on
found scraps paper or cardboard. His imagery seems just as throwaway, with
jumbles of color blocks and surreal scatterings of cartoonish or naive
imagery—which, according to the gallery, deal with “social order: shopping
centers, transportation networks, nation states, jails and schools.” The last
seems especially relevant, given that Lipps’s style resembles a
grade-schooler’s. A closer look, however, reveals numerous stylistic
name-checks, including nods to James Ensor, George Grosz, Sigmar Polke and
Martin Kippenberg.
Venue name:
Bureau
Address:
178 Norfolk St New York 10002
Cross
street: between E Houston and Stanton Sts
Opening
hours: Wed–Sun noon–6pm
Transport: Subway: F to Lower East Side–Second Ave
Event
website: http://www.bureau-inc.com
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