Art is a reaction to a moment in context. Exploring this theme, Keren Toledano’s abstract work creates dialogue between elements in tension. Dark and light, transparent and opaque, smooth surfaces disrupted by scribbles, all invoke the layered history of the canvas. The compositions have a sense of order, while entropy peers through from beneath. The artist studied literature at Harvard, where she first explored the overlap of story and art. She lives and works in New York City, splitting her time between painting and writing. She works by the motto that we are nowhere without where we have been.