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Roch Smith Art

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Canadian sculptor P. Roch Smith received a BFA (Honours Sculpture) from the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design (ECIAD - 1997) and an MFA from York University (2003). A teacher as well as an artist, he has taught classes at the University of Waterloo, ECIAD and York University. He currently manages and operates the bronze and aluminum foundry at York University. Roch Smith has exhibited throughout Canada and in the US. P. Roch Smith’s work is included in private, corporate and museum collections. P. Roch Smith’s work centres on the creativity of play, equilibrium and disequilibrium, and how memories are constructed and held in place - a geography of memory. Smith presents work in which the mass produced (plastic army figures – model kits - tools) are merged with the organic (tree branches, sisal twine and yarn). The figures are unified by bronze casting – fixing their hybridity in both a metaphoric and material manner. The relational nature of value is examined as the tiny scale of the bronze figures is the antithesis of monumentality usually associated with bronze as a sculptural material. While bronze casting normally speaks to permanence and the epic, the scale of these works creates a form of intimacy. Play has been theorized as a liminal space – occupying both the real and the imagined simultaneously. It is within this topography that Smith tries to point to certain aspects of the human condition. Does replacing the guns on toys with branches change the essential meaning of the situation? Is it absurd? Can a small figure evoke a sympathetic response or reaction? We manufacture toys with the intention of enabling children to play and the assumption is that this play is free, unencumbered and not contingent. Pulling back, however, it may be argued that the inherent structure of the toy itself echoes strictly adult concerns. Toys and play easily normalize certain ideas about one’s place in the greater scheme of things. Thankfully, children have also long subverted these rigid narrative structures. The altering of toys – drawing tattoos on a doll or shaving the “life-like” hair off of a GI Joe figure – is an aspirational act and speaks to claiming new narratives. As a maker, Smith maintains this drive to construct and model objects with a sense of playfulness. Ideally, the works are at turns humorous but also manage to evoke a pathos associated with labour, work and the monumentality of mundane tasks. The figures carry weight in both a literal and figurative manner beyond what should be their actual capacity. The scale of the works are important for their small-scale for they invite both a broad and intimate viewing. Viewing the work one enters a space of inspection – of being a giant in a land that is off-kilter – witness to a precarious balance.
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Artist: Roch Smith
Assist - surrealist, abstract, male, figurative, bronze tabletop sculpture
Assist - surrealist, abstract, male, figurative, bronze tabletop sculpture

Assist - surrealist, abstract, male, figurative, bronze tabletop sculpture

By P. Roch Smith

Located in Bloomfield, ON

This indoor figurative bronze sculpture comes from the imagination of Canadian artist Roch Smith. The clever sculptures of Roch Smith are often inspired by images, forms and texture...

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2010s Contemporary Roch Smith Art

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Bronze

Cavendish, PEI - surrealist, abstract, figurative, male, bronze sculpture
Cavendish, PEI - surrealist, abstract, figurative, male, bronze sculpture

Cavendish, PEI - surrealist, abstract, figurative, male, bronze sculpture

By P. Roch Smith

Located in Bloomfield, ON

Roch Smith’s ‘Tree Man’ series of bronze tabletop sculptures are playful pieces that feature figures whose human limbs have been replaced by tree branches. This figure is dressed for...

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2010s Contemporary Roch Smith Art

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Bronze

Greeting - surrealist, abstract, figurative, male, bronze sculpture
Greeting - surrealist, abstract, figurative, male, bronze sculpture

Greeting - surrealist, abstract, figurative, male, bronze sculpture

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Located in Bloomfield, ON

This indoor figurative bronze sculpture is made by Canadian artist Roch Smith. The imaginative sculptural work of Roch Smith often takes a playful approach to more serious themes. H...

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2010s Contemporary Roch Smith Art

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Bronze

Old School Beats 1/3 - small, surrealist, figurative, wood, bronze, sculpture
Old School Beats 1/3 - small, surrealist, figurative, wood, bronze, sculpture

Old School Beats 1/3 - small, surrealist, figurative, wood, bronze, sculpture

By P. Roch Smith

Located in Bloomfield, ON

Remember the boom box? Roch Smith does. The precursor to the current generation of music devices like the ‘beats’ headphones, this boom box is huge and sits on the shoulders of a cas...

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2010s Contemporary Roch Smith Art

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Bronze

House Hunter 1/3 - small, surrealist, figurative, bronze and wood sculpture
House Hunter 1/3 - small, surrealist, figurative, bronze and wood sculpture

House Hunter 1/3 - small, surrealist, figurative, bronze and wood sculpture

By P. Roch Smith

Located in Bloomfield, ON

Toronto artist Roch Smith often uses toy figures in clever and fun ways to convey cultural statements that go beyond child’s play. This tabletop figure is bending over, arms extended...

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2010s Contemporary Roch Smith Art

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Bronze

Climber - Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary Figurative Wall Art, 2010+
Climber - Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary Figurative Wall Art, 2010+

Climber - Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary Figurative Wall Art, 2010+

By P. Roch Smith

Located in Bloomfield, ON

This contemporary indoor bronze figurative sculpture of a male is designed to be mounted on the wall. Like any artist, Roch Smith’s ideas for his artwork often begin as simply as t...

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2010s Contemporary Roch Smith Art

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The Arborist - Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary Figurative Art
The Arborist - Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary Figurative Art

The Arborist - Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary Figurative Art

By P. Roch Smith

Located in Bloomfield, ON

This indoor table top figurative sculpture of a male is cast in bronze. The artwork of Canadian artist Roch Smith is known for his imaginative and playful approach. He has even pro...

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2010s Contemporary Roch Smith Art

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Bronze

Heart's Content AP/9 - Bronze Sculpture, Canoe, Contemporary, Signed
Heart's Content AP/9 - Bronze Sculpture, Canoe, Contemporary, Signed

Heart's Content AP/9 - Bronze Sculpture, Canoe, Contemporary, Signed

By P. Roch Smith

Located in Bloomfield, ON

This indoor table top bronze sculpture features a relaxed and contemplative man sitting on an overturned canoe. Roch Smith is a Canadian artist whose sculptural work explores ideas ...

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2010s Contemporary Roch Smith Art

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Bronze

Shelter - surrealist, contemporary, figurative, bronze, outdoor sculpture
Shelter - surrealist, contemporary, figurative, bronze, outdoor sculpture

Shelter - surrealist, contemporary, figurative, bronze, outdoor sculpture

By P. Roch Smith

Located in Bloomfield, ON

This contemporary outdoor figurative metal sculpture is by Roch Smith. Canadian artist Roch Smith’s playful and thoughtful visual language often tackles big life themes in an imagin...

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2010s Contemporary Roch Smith Art

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Bronze

Daily Grind - contemporary, male, figurative, patinated bronze sculpture
Daily Grind - contemporary, male, figurative, patinated bronze sculpture

Daily Grind - contemporary, male, figurative, patinated bronze sculpture

By P. Roch Smith

Located in Bloomfield, ON

This contemporary, male, figurative, patinated bronze sculpture was created by artist P Roch Smith. A tower of cups stacked face to face and end to end creates a beautifully undulating formal column reminiscent of Brancusi's Endless Column. Precariously balanced on the shoulders of a small bronze figure...

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2010s Contemporary Roch Smith Art

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Bronze

Pause 2/3 - desktop bronze, sculpture
Pause 2/3 - desktop bronze, sculpture

Pause 2/3 - desktop bronze, sculpture

By P. Roch Smith

Located in Bloomfield, ON

The legendary canoeist and Canadian filmmaker Bill Mason once said, “First God made the canoe then he created a country to go with it.” Sculptor Roch Smith has embraced the iconic i...

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2010s Contemporary Roch Smith Art

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Bronze

Offering 1/3 - Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary Canoe Symbol, 2010+
Offering 1/3 - Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary Canoe Symbol, 2010+

Offering 1/3 - Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary Canoe Symbol, 2010+

By P. Roch Smith

Located in Bloomfield, ON

Roch Smith is known for his imaginative and playful sculptures. The Canadian artist has created a series of table-top pieces that feature the iconic symbol of a canoe. This bronze pi...

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2010s Contemporary Roch Smith Art

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Bronze

Downhill (Knight Ave) - tall, narrative, figurative, male, bronze sculpture
Downhill (Knight Ave) - tall, narrative, figurative, male, bronze sculpture

Downhill (Knight Ave) - tall, narrative, figurative, male, bronze sculpture

By P. Roch Smith

Located in Bloomfield, ON

This fun and somewhat whimsical sculpture recalls a cherished childhood memory for Roch Smith. The Toronto-based sculptor has hand-forged the bronze figure of a young boy on a bike balancing upright on its back wheel-popping a wheelie. He stands poised to ride off the top of a high, narrow steel track that ends in a loop reminiscent of the popular ‘Hot Wheels’ toy race car...

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2010s Contemporary Roch Smith Art

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Bronze, Steel

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