MARC BRESLIN – CINDY, CARMINE, GEORGE, PIERRE Y OTROS
August 19 – September 15, 2017
New York, USA, 1983
Lives and works between New York and Mexico City.
Breslin uses planes of color to question the basis of the mimetic representation of reality in art. In his paintings we find both schematic figures that brush with abstraction, as well as places that could well be natural landscapes or products of his imagination. The images created by Breslin generate their own narratives and study how and to what degree they communicate among themselves and, more broadly, to art history. Notions such as place and time, as well as loss and reconstruction, are recurrent in his work. Breslin conceives his practice as an opportunity to create pictorial situations that can ignite shared moments in historical and personal ways.
Breslin’s most recent solo exhibitions include: Sticksville at Karma Bookstore (New York, 2019) and at Galería Karen Huber (Mexico City, 2019); Cindy, Carmine, George, Pierre and others at Galería Karen Huber (Mexico City, 2017); Piano Piano at Umberto Di Marino (Naples, 2012); and Casual Curses are the Most Effective at Scaramouche (New York, 2011).
He has also showed his work in collective exhibitions such as: Through Painting, with Ana Manso and Tiziano Martini at Fondazione RivoliDue (Milan, 2015); Lace Happening, benefit show for Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE) (Los Angeles, 2015); and Gangsters and Geniuses, pop-up with SoCal Gangsters and Geniuses via Juxtapoz, Rare Form and Vagran Skateboards (San Diego, 2015).
Breslin participated in the Festival of Ideas for the New City at the New Museum (New York 2011) and in the exhibition Gerhard Richter and the Disappearance of the Image in Contemporary Art at the Center for Contemporary Culture Florence (CCC Strozzina) in the Palazzo Strozzi, (Florence, 2010). He also realized site specific installations at the Fondazione RivoliDue (Milan, 2015) and at Galleria Umberto Di Marino (Naples, 2013).
Nueva York, EUA, 1983
Vive y trabaja entre Nueva York y Ciudad de México.
A partir de planos de color, las obras de Breslin cuestionan las bases de la representación mimética de la realidad en el arte. En sus pinturas aparecen tanto figuras esquemáticas que rozan la abstracción, como lugares que bien podrían ser paisajes naturales o productos de su imaginación. Las imágenes creadas por Breslin generan sus propias narrativas y estudian cómo y a qué grado se comunican entre ellas mismas y, en un espectro más general, con la historia del arte. Temáticas como el tiempo y el lugar, así como la pérdida y reconstrucción, son recurrentes en su trabajo. Breslin contempla su práctica como una oportunidad para crear situaciones pictóricas que generen momentos compartidos de una manera histórica y personal.
Entre sus exposiciones individuales destacan: Sticksville en Karma Bookstore (Nueva York, 2019) y en Galería Karen Huber (CDMX, 2019); Cindy, Carmine, Gorge, Pierre and Others en Galería Karen Huber (CDMX, 2017); Piano Piano en Umberto Di Marino (Nápoles, 2012); y Casual Curses are the Most Effective en Scaramouche (Nueva York, 2011).
Breslin también ha sido parte de notorias exposiciones colectivas; entre ellas se encuentran: Though Painting, con Ana Manso y Tiziano Martini en Fondazione Rivoli due (Milán, 2015); Lace Happening, exposición en beneficiencia para Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (Los Ángeles, 2015); Gangsters and Geniuses, pop up con SoCal Gangsters and Geniuses via Juxtapoz Rare From and Vargan Skateboards (San Diego, 2015).
Breslin participó en el Festival of Ideas for the New City del New Museum (Nueva York, 2011) y en la exposición Gerhard Richter and the Disappearance of the Image in Contemporary Art en el Centro de la Cultura Contemporánea Strozzina en el Palazzo Strozzi (Florencia, 2010). También realizó instalaciones de sitio específico en la Fondazione Rivoli Due (Milán, 2015) y la Galleria Umberto Di Marino (Nápoles, 2013).