Tobi Kahn is one of the country’s foremost painters, known for his multivalent abstractions. This is the first exhibition of a new series in which he takes up the human figure for the first time in more than thirty years, revealing its sacred potential. At a time of staggering death, illness, and anxiety over basic needs, Kahn’s figures offer a hopeful vision for the future, when we can embrace one another, and indeed life itself, with renewed appreciation.

This exhibition has now ended, but you are invited to view a virtual tour and short film about the series by director Susan Dryfoos, reflecting on her long friendship with the artist and the journey he undertook to create the paintings in Formation.

The catalogue for the exhibition features reflections by the artist and curator, an essay by renowned French academic and commentator Dr. Annie Cohen-Solal, and a poem by writer Nessa Rapoport. It is available now as an e-book, and can be purchased in hard copy at the Dadian Gallery.

Click here to read Hyperallergic’s rave review of Tobi’s work at the Phillips Collection and at Wesley.

Curated by Aaron Rosen.