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David Zwirner is pleased to announce an exhibition of paintings by San Francisco–based artist Elisheva Biernoff (b. 1980) at the gallery's 34 East 69th Street location in New York, marking her first solo show on the East Coast. This presentation spans Biernoff's career, featuring a representative selection of her intimately scaled paintings as well as examples from her recent body of larger-format multimedia compositions that explore the rich historical tradition of the trompe l'oeil. Exploring the slippage that occurs between the experience of reality and the memories that remain after the fact, Biernoff's poignant and visually captivating paintings serve as, in the artist's words, "reservoirs of time." Working with meticulous fidelity and care, Elisheva Biernoff uses fine, luminous brushstrokes to create intricately painted depictions of anonymous photographs, which she sources from antique stores and online marketplaces. She paints on paper-thin plywood, replicating each detail and blemish, front and back, from the original object in a methodical process that is deeply deliberate and reflective; the artist only produces around four works each year.