Liliane Tomasko, Twofold

13 Sep-19 Oct 2024

PV 12 Sep 2024, 6-8pm

Overview

Kerlin Gallery is pleased to announce Twofold, a new solo exhibition by Liliane Tomasko.

In Twofold, Tomasko’s distinctive, bold lyricism and assertive sense of colour unfold across five new diptychs on aluminium or linen. Opening up spatial possibility, this format allows tone, form and texture to dialogue back and forth across surfaces, sparking new resonances and shaping our understanding of each panel in relation to its neighbour. These paintings must negotiate two distinct voices – sometimes finding harmony, elsewhere tension; forging complex relationships that actively engage the viewer. Larger shapes, suggestive of figures, come in and out of focus, fragmenting and coming back together in the mind’s eye. Tomasko’s longstanding interest in mythologies is also apparent in Twofold, reflecting on narratives of equilibrium and justice, such as the ancient concept of the weighing of the soul. 

Tomasko’s approach to abstraction is rooted in the physical realm but ultimately transcends it. The artist often begins her investigation of the human psyche in the domestic sphere by examining the intimate textures of our lives. These prosaic materials open a gateway into the nocturnal realm of sleep and dreaming, articulating the creatively fertile space between conscious and unconscious. Fusing material observation with intuition and association, the artist produces vigorous, imaginative expressions of familiar environments and psychological states. Intense colour, subtle tone, shadow, and painterly gesture allow her works to oscillate between clarity and obscurity, emulating the atmospheric power of dreams and memories.

Tomasko’s recent solo exhibitions include The Artist’s Eye, The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin; Name me not, CAB Burgos, Spain (both 2023); S P E L L O F T H E W O O D, Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda; Evening Wind, Edward Hopper House, Nyack, New York, USA (both 2022); Morpheus, Kunstmuseum Kloster unser lieben Frauen Magdeburg, Germany (2021); dark goes lightly, Château la Coste, France (2019); Caja de sueños, Museo MATE, Lima, Peru; 12 nights x dreams, ROCA Rockland Center for the Arts, New York, USA (both 2018). Recent group exhibitions include Risky Business, Torrance Art Museum, LA (2024); Austria–Germany Painting 1970 to 2020, Albertina Modern, Vienna (2023); Andy Warhol to Cecily Brown: from the collections of The Albertina, The Albertina (2022); Inventing Nature, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe; From the Real: Liliane Tomasko & Sean Scully, Newlands House Gallery, Petworth House (both 2021) and Abstract Painting Now!, Kunsthalle Krems, Austria (2017). 

Artist Talk

Thursday 12 September, 5pm

Liliane Tomasko will appear in conversation with poet, historian and cultural critic Kelly Grovier at 5pm on Thursday 12 September. The event will be followed by the exhibition’s opening reception from 6–8pm.

Reserve your place at the talk by emailing Rosa Abbott, [email protected].

Publication

A fully illustrated publication with a text by critic Raphy Sarkissian will accompany the exhibition – further information to follow.

For all media enquiries, including interviews and high-res image requests, please contact Rosa Abbott, [email protected].