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2019 Gallery Marc Straus Presents

4th,
September Sinead Breslin’s Inaugural

| New York Exhibition This
EXAMINER

IRISH September

By Brad Balfour an array of cultures and
ocated in the Lower countries. After traveling
East Side, The between the US, Mexico,
LGallery, Marc Russia, Italy, the UK, and
Straus, presents its inau- Morocco, Breslin has com-
gural exhibition of Sinead posed works that feature
Breslin’s recent works. recurring characters, such as
Born in Limerick in Luda or herself, and brief
1986, Breslin has spent acquaintances such as Arfus.
nearly a decade astutely Taken as a whole, her body
observing life around of work becomes a kind of
her and singularly trans- Twenty-First Century trave-
lates her vision into bril- logue, a diary of sorts, chart-
liantly painted images. ing and documenting
Using people as a jump- Breslin’s life and interactions
ing off point, Breslin around the globe.
employs figurative ele- Breslin creates work that’s
ments in her paintings to playful and painful. Her
draw viewers in. Though openness to new experiences
her works are not neces- reinforces a curiosity about
sarily exact portraits, her her subjects and also creates
characters are often dis- a foundation that propels her
tinct and engaging. determination to document
Whether or not she’s cap- her impressions of the world
turing a close relative, or around her. As a painter
near stranger, she freezes early in her career, she man-
just the right quiet moments ages to engage her sitters and
which allow viewers to find a unsheathe them.
connection with her sub- Breslin completed her fine
jects. She contemplates the art education at the
beauty in each a passing University of West England
moment and applies it to her (M.A., B.A.) and has been
paintings. There is a fluid awarded multiple interna-
lightness to her touch that tional residencies in Europe, Dead Cool
belies an emotional depth to including her most recently
pianting which seems airy completed residency at
and whimsical. Palazzo Monti in Milan, Mary was an angel as pretty as can be
Drawing from memory Italy. She has exhibited in Everybody loved her she was happy young and free
and photographic images, solo and group exhibitions in Her smile would melt an iceberg her teeth were white as snow
she translates her subjects the US and Europe and her She loved every second of her life as her parents watched her grow
and the small pockets of the work is found in numerous Her friends all gathered round her she loved every single one
world they inhabit into private collections around As her life unfolds before their eyes full of gaiety and fun
vibrant painted scenes. the world. Now, Breslin is Mary is an angel now she roams the Milky Way
An unrelenting traveler, represented exclusively by She shook hands with nicotine twenty fags a day
Breslin’s subjects come from Marc Straus, New York. C These stinking weeds fulfilled her needs
Sinead Breslin As she slowly fades away
Marc Straus Gallery With each smoke her lungs would choke
299 Grand Street, New York NY 10002 White teeth in black decay
(212) 510-7646 Ulcer/warts grew on her throat she knew the end was nigh
info@marcstraus.com With blotting rotting clotting blood she said her last goodbye
www.marcstraus.com Her friends all circle round her in a different sort of way
They sigh and cry and ask God why as they kneel and pray
Exhibition on View: All because she tempted was by twenty fags a day
September 8 – October 16, 2019 Her friends all gather round her as she’s six feet under clay
Opening Reception:
September 8, 2019, 6-8pm Jim McKeon