Robert Janitz: Oriental Lumber

Robert Janitz, Audrey Hepburn as Dr. Double aka The Ornithologist, 2014, oil, wa
Robert Janitz, Audrey Hepburn as Dr. Double aka The Ornithologist, 2014, oil, wax, flour on linen, 63.5 x 51 cm (courtesy of the artist and Meyer Riegger Berlin)

Eric Sutphin reviews Robert Janitz: Oriental Lumber at Meyer Riegger, Berlin, on view through October 25, 2014.

Sutphin writes that "Janitz shows a selection of his three favored forms: a plant sculpture made from cut sheet metal, a suite of portraits of the backs of heads and a selection of large format abstractions made from layered paint, wax and flour. Far from being disparate or eccentric modes, these three archetypal forms actually gather themselves around figuration as a unifying idea...“Oriental Lumber” is an eccentric exhibition that shows an artist who flits back and forth between serious abstract painting, wordplay and dada-like witticism."