"Diplomat Chemist" 2024

Dimensions: 31 x 31 x 2"

Medium: Archival Ink on Paper

Artist: Jonas Stirner

Price: $2200

Diplomat Chemist (2024) is Jonas Stirner’s tribute to the overlooked poetry of the everyday. Set in the heart of Manhattan’s mid-block rhythm, the work pulses with the city’s unfiltered textures—construction cones, corner pharmacies, buses flashing past, the endless patchwork of windows, walls, and weather. But Stirner doesn’t just document the urban landscape—he transforms it into a meditative grid of energy and interruption.

Each section of the piece feels like its own story, loosely tethered to the next, like moments you’d catch while walking with your head slightly turned, half-aware, half-lost in thought. There’s an intimacy to the chaos, a balance of noise and stillness that feels strangely calming. The palette is urban but warm: soft grays, construction orange, bits of neon, and signage layered under washes of paper texture like urban skin worn smooth by time.

What makes this piece singular is its refusal to romanticize the city. Instead, Diplomat Chemist finds its beauty in utility, in repetition, in the way a cracked sidewalk or an old storefront carries history without needing to say a word. This is a collector’s piece for someone who understands cities not as backdrops, but as living, breathing organisms—and wants to hold that energy in their space, distilled and eternal.