Image: Modern Fine Art, New York
Modern Fine Art has highlighted 'Two Loves', a 2023 work by Brazilian artist Rodrigo Cass, in its latest August newsletter and on a dedicated work page. The gallery identifies the piece as concrete, white concrete and tempera on linen, measuring 32 by 36 by 3 inches, or 81.3 by 91.4 by 7.6 centimetres. The work is available for enquiry through the gallery’s website.
The New York-based dealership, which also operates an office in London, presents a broad program of art from the Post-Impressionist period to the present day. On its website, Modern Fine Art says it was founded by Ray Waterhouse, who has 40 years of experience in the international art market, and notes that it works in collaboration with Fine Art Brokers. The gallery’s homepage describes its roster as spanning major modern names as well as less celebrated and emerging artists.
In the newsletter text accompanying 'Two Loves', Modern Fine Art describes Cass as an important Brazilian artist born in 1983 and says his practice is interdisciplinary and rooted in Brazilian Neo-Concrete art, a movement that began in 1959 and emphasized rhythm, poetry and sensuality within geometric abstraction. The gallery also states that Cass transforms concrete into a paint-like substance that he brushes directly onto the canvas. No further biographical details are provided in the source material.
The newsletter adds that Cass’s work is held in significant public collections, naming the Centre Pompidou in Paris; Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary in Vienna; Nevada Museum of Art in Reno; and MAM – Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, among others. The gallery does not elaborate further in the sourced text on the exhibition history of 'Two Loves' or on its relation to those collections.
The work page for 'Two Loves' is presented in Modern Fine Art’s online viewing room and appears as one of two works in a sequence on the artist’s page. The entry includes an option to enquire and standard sharing links, but no exhibition venue or event date is attached to the work listing itself. The source material therefore supports the presentation of the work as a current online gallery offering rather than as part of a dated exhibition.
Modern Fine Art’s broader website shows a mix of exhibitions, viewing rooms and art-fair presentations, including recent online projects such as 'The Figure' and 'Graham Dean', along with upcoming fair participation. Against that backdrop, 'Two Loves' is positioned as part of the gallery’s August highlights selection, alongside works by Robert Motherwell, Kehinde Wiley and Isamu Noguchi in the same email. The listing concludes with the work’s medium and dimensions, keeping the focus on the object itself and its availability through the gallery.
