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5/9/2003

Donald Lipski

Galerie Lelong, New York

Building on his long fascination with books as both objects and containers for the written word, Donald Lipski’s new works are created from surplus, remaindered and discarded books. Entitled Non-fiction, the exhibition of new sculpture will open at Galerie Lelong on Saturday, September 6, 2003.

In Lipski’s last body of work, Exquisite Copse, he emphasized the geometry of the form, transformed by the unreality of the material of the artificial tree. In Non-fiction, Lipski has continued to accentuate geometric shapes, notably circles and cones, but changed our perception by layering them, literally and metaphorically, with information and knowledge. Some of the sculptures are large-scale, with a sense of implicit motion, since the bases are made of wheels.

Lipski’s work is often described as assemblage, and indeed, the unexpected juxtapositions of objects introduce new associations. In Non-fiction, the works are assembled from parts, but the parts are used less to provoke new meaning, than to make something new. The reliance of one volume per sculpture gives an elegance and subtlety, as the color is restrained. In addition, the predominance of books from other decades indicates nostalgia for another time.

The artist has densely packed each sculpture with the books, so that the actual objects are obscured. A subtle irony is present, as the books, while open, can not be accessed, implying that knowledge and information are both present, but untouchable.

Since Donald Lipski’s last exhibition at Galerie Lelong, his work has been the subject of a traveling exhibition, A Brief History of Twine, organized by the Madison Art Center, which traveled to the Blaffer Art Gallery, Houston, Texas and the Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago. In 2002, the Miami Art Museum organized a solo exhibition, which traveled to the Katonah Museum, New York. From 2001-2002 he had a Prix de Rome Fellowship. In 2003, public commissions by the artist were installed at the Washington Convention Center, District of Columbia and the Denver Civic Center, Colorado, with commissions in progress for Austin and Fort Worth, Texas, Madison, Wisconsin and Miami, Florida for 2003-2004.

Donald Lipski, Non-fiction, continues through Saturday, October 11, 2003.

Galerie Lelong
528 West 26th Street New York, New York 10001 USA
open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 to 6 PM.

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