Marie Tomanova: Lost and Found
Sep 12 - Nov 08 2024
- 23 days left
C24 Gallery is pleased to present Lost and Found, the second solo exhibition of new works by acclaimed
photographer Marie Tomanova. In addition to photographs, for the first time in ten years, the artist will
also present her paintings. With this new body of work, the artist makes a significant shift into
self-portraiture.
Tomanova was formally trained in her native Czech Republic, where she received a Masters in Painting.
Leaving painting behind, she moved to New York City. With a new found focus on photography, she
became internationally recognized for her series of candid images of young people, publishing two
acclaimed books, Young American and New York New York.
The photographs in Lost and Found are selections from her 2022 series, Three Empty Weeks in July,
wherein she created a self-portrait nearly every day for a full year. Similarly, her paintings are also
composed self-portraits, this time derived wholly from her imagination. Together, the works are a
compelling meditation on the passage of time, personal growth, and identity, reflected through the
changing context of two complementary mediums. As part of Tomanova’s ongoing exploration of
representations of self, this collection is her most revealing and vulnerable body of work to date.