Summertime Sadness Paintings by Tony Toscani & Rosalind Breen
Summertime Sadness Paintings by Tony Toscani & Rosalind Breen
July 27 - August 26, 2018 Massey Klein Gallery 124 Forsyth Street Info@Masseyklein.com
Installation View, Summertime Sadness
Massey Klein is pleased to present Summertime Sadness, a two person exhibition of new paintings by Tony Toscani and Rosalind Breen. This is Toscani’s and Breen’s first exhibition with the gallery. Tony Toscani’s paintings depict inflated and lumbering humans isolated in a still, flat environment. The figures’ mammoth and minuscule proportions draw attention to an experience that is bizarre yet strangely familiar. Busy checking their mobiles, scrolling Instagram, and lost in daydreams the figures are contemplative and sedated. The artist’s work provides an intimate look at mortality through poetic scenes of everyday life. Toscani received his MFA from The School of Visual Arts in New York City and lives and works in Brooklyn. Rosalind Breen’s paintings explore themes of femininity, nostalgia, mythology, desire, and fantasy. The artist’s collection of abstract works focus on the sensual nature of paint as a medium. The vivid paintings contain large masses of movement: paint swirls, pools, and streaks across the canvas. Body, color, texture, and tone forge intricate forms that deepen her engagement with the idea of narrative. Breen received her MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island and lives and works in Ottawa, ON.
Rosalind Breen Low Tide, 2018 Acrylic on Canvas 20 x 16 inches
Tony Toscani Women On The Beach, 2017 Oil on Linen 39 x 28 inches
Rosalind Breen Midsummer Night’s UFO (first sighting), 2018 Acrylic on Canvas 48 x 36 inches
Tony Toscani Melancholy In White, 2018 Oil on Linen 38 x 32 inches
Rosalind Breen Fast Action, 2018 Acrylic on Canvas 48 x 36 inches
Tony Toscani Panic, 2017 Oil on Linen 24 x 12 inches
Rosalind Breen Night Flowers, 2018 Acrylic on Canvas 40 x 30 inches
Rosalind Breen Sonder, 2018 Acrylic on Canvas 24 x 20 inches
Tony Toscani Kinship, 2018 Oil on Linen 22 x 28 inches
Tony Toscani Woman In Brown Pants, 2018 Oil on Linen 38 x 28 inches
Tony Toscani Extension, 2018 Oil on Linen 28 x 14 inches
Rosalind Breen Sonder at the LA Lookout, 2018 Acrylic on Canvas 20 x 16 inches
Tony Toscani Pensive Looking Man, 2018 Oil on Linen over Panel 23.5 x 22 inches
Tony Toscani Before Sleep, 2018 Oil on Linen 32 x 32 inches
Rosalind Breen Swell, 2018 Acrylic on Canvas 36 x 24 inches
Tony Toscani Giant In A Field, 2018 Oil on Linen 12 x 12 inches
Rosalind Breen Warm Tide, 2018 Acrylic on Canvas 20 x 16 inches
Tony Toscani Checking Instagram, 2018 Oil on Linen 16 x 12 inches
Tony Toscani Selfie Pose, 2018 Oil on Linen 16 x 12 inches
Rosalind Breen Midsummer Night’s UFO Party, 2018 Acrylic on Canvas 48 x 40 inches
Tony Toscani Startled, 2017 Oil on Linen 20 x 16 inches
This catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition
Summertime Sadness
Tony Toscani & Rosalind Breen July 27 - August 26 Massey Klein Gallery 124 Forsyth Street New York, NY 10002 www.masseyklein.com
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