Greg Kucera Gallery is pleased to announce our fifth solo exhibition by New York artist, Tim Roda. The show’s title, Vantage Points, makes reference to both the angle or view from which a photograph is taken and a the perspective from which one can view their family.
“My Italian American childhood had a profound influence on my decision to become an artist. I was not raised in a typical middle-class family. My grandparents and parents had their own ideas about life: eccentricities that leave me, as an adult, often confused and searching for answers. Much of my work stems from memories, both real and borrowed, that I have fused with present day social commentaries. I translate memories and current observations to create a celebration of life in Italy and the U.S.; at times being satirical about the family spectacle. My artwork draws contrasts between sheer raw experiences and manipulated tension.“ –Tim Roda
Roda stages elaborate tableaux from an idiosyncratic collection of props built from wood, clay, paper and everyday items. Inserting himself, his wife, and his sons into these scenes, the resulting images are diaristic, filled with reverberations of his childhood memories and family traditions. Incorporating elements of installation and performance, Roda’s complex compositions of light and shadow, religious symbols and strange costumes convey stories that are ambiguous yet somehow familiar. The resulting photographs conflate the past and the present, suggesting the unreliability and eccentricities of memory, photography and theatricality.
Biography
Tim Roda has a BFA from Pennsylvania State University (2002) and an MFA from the University of Washington (2004), both in ceramics. His work is in the collections of Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria; Gaia Collection, Turin, Italy; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston, TX; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA; Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR; and Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL. His work is also part of numerous private collections. Roda lives and works in New York.
