The Olivier Cornet Gallery is delighted to present Daniel Lipstein’s first solo exhibition with us.

Self, pet and a bathtub is a triangle of elements arranged as a composition in this oil on linen painting whose title is also the title of the whole show.

The bathtub is from my locality at the fields around my studio in county Donegal where farmers arrange bathtubs arbitrarily in the landscape for their cows and bulls to drink from. Once an intimate function in a household now these are curious shapes in open spaces resembling alienation and corrosion on their way back to the elements of metal and earth.

Fish in my visual language is an ancient creature that reflects the antiquity of species, the fish as a pet is pulling its owner into the deep water of the prehistorical unknown.

The self of his portrait is located on the top of a ladder or a bike where, in spite of the rapid pace of an advanced evolution, a strong cord through his pet connects him to his deeper portrait in the unknown.

There are many elements in the paintings in this exhibition like written surfaces, levitation, climbing and taking off, these items and motions which I like to paint mean a lot to me on a deep level and their presence also motivates me to work, but in the same time I cannot say that I know exactly why they are there.