~MIGUEL ANGELO ROCHA/atm
MIGUEL ANGELO ROCHA – 2ND SOLO SHOW – AT atm
JANUARY 10 – FEBRUARY 23, 2008
atm GALLERY – 619b WEST 27TH STREET – CHELSEA – NY
HOURS: TUES THRU SAT 11-6 PM
“FOR THIS EXHIBIT THE ARTIST IS PRESENTING A SERIES OF SIX SMALL WALL PIECES. DELICATELY ASSEMBLED OF FOUND OBJECTS AND CONSTRUCTED FORMS, ROCHA COMPLETES EACH COMPOSITION WITH AN ATTENTION TO THE MATERIALITY AND WEIGHT OF EACH FRAGMENT, APPLYING SUBTLE LAYERS TO A SEMBLANCE CONCERNED WITH BALANCE AND ILLUSION. THE MATERIAL CHOICES RANGE FROM THE WEIGHT AND AESTHETIC OF A THIN PAINTED LINE TO A BULKY PVC PIPE. BLOWN GLASS, CUT CARDBOARD, AND MOLDED PAPER ALL CONTRIBUTE TO THESE SIMPLE AND WEIGHTLESS ARRANGEMENTS. . . . . (WHICH SEEM) TO HAVE THE SENSE OF DRAWINGS IN PHYSICAL SPACE.”
“MIGUEL ANGELO ROCHA WAS BORN IN 1964 IN LISBON, PORTUGAL AND CONTINUES TO LIVE AND WORK THERE AS WELL AS IN NEW YORK. AFTER COMPLETING HIS DEGREE IN PAINTING FROM THE FACULDAD DE BELAS-ARTES IN LISBON, HE COMPLETED A MASTER IN FINE ARTS AT THE SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS IN NEW YORK. HE HAS EXHIBITED REGULARLY SINCE 1991.”
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installation shot, MIGUEL ANGELO ROCHAS/PHOTO COURTESY: atm
installation shot, MIGUEL ANGELO ROCHAS/PHOTO COURTESY: atm
installation shot, MIGUEL ANGELO ROCHAS/PHOTO COURTESY: atm
installation shot, MIGUEL ANGELO ROCHAS/PHOTO COURTESY: atm
MIGUEL ANGELO ROCHAS, ‘Two’, 2007, PVC, balsa wood, 20 x 19 x 11.5 ins. ($4,500)/PHOTO COURTESY: atm
MIGUEL ANGELO ROCHAS, ‘Western’, 2007, bamboo, plywood, acrylic, 15 x 20.5 x 12 ins ($4,500)/PHOTO COURTESY: atm
MIGUEL ANGELO ROCHAS at his first opening at atm Gallery, titled ‘AGAINST THE WALL’, OCT 19, 2007.
This first solo show at atm, ran OCT 19 – DEC 19, 2007
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
see more pix of: ‘AGAINST THE WALL’
more pix of: individual pieces on the atm website