Lost and Found: Marie Tomanova

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.

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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.