Cassidy Toner

"I use photography as a means of communication", Cassidy Toner says
when asked about the role photography plays in her work. Her
oeuvre, made up of sculptures, prints, drawings, paintings and
photographs, is preceeded by an critical reflexion on viewership
and participation. The works are intriguing and playful, filled
with references to literature, philosophy and popular culture,
attracting the viewers gaze, at the same time rejecting an
immersive interaction. Wile E. Coyote, a Warner Bros. cartoon
character Toner turned into a series of sculptures and prints
personifies the tragical and comical way in which the pursuit of
desired objects often plays out. The coyote desperately wants to
catch and eat the Road Runner, a fast-running ground cockoo, but
despite his elaborate scemes, his attempts are never successful.
The large scale photographs of Toners live in atelier which was at
the center of her solo show The Unstable 4th Wall in 2019 at
PHILLIPZOLLINGER (Zurich) appear to give the spectators a glimpse
behind the scenes of the artists work and private space. But the
large tears which run across the Tyvek prints throw the viewers
back into the gallery space, back upon themselves.