Richard Tuschmen: Once Upon A Time In Kazimierz
Klompching Gallery is delighted to present the debut of Once Upon a Time in Kazimierz, a new series of photographs by Richard Tuschman.
This will form the artist’s first solo exhibition at the Klompching Gallery, and will be launched with an Opening Reception on Thursday, March 3rd, 6:00–9:00pm, with the artist in attendance.
Once Upon a Time in Kazimierz is a visual novella, which portrays a fictional Jewish family in 1930’s Poland, set in the once vibrant neighborhood of Kazimierz in Krakow.
While Tuschman continues to pay tribute to those artists who have inspired him—Balthus, Brandt, de Chirico, Vermeer—the series also demonstrates a significant development in Tuschman’s oeuvre. The artist’s Eastern European Jewish ancestors resided in the vicinity of Kazimierz until c.1900, and this forms part of the basis for weaving together a fictional narrative with strands of cultural and family history.
Well known for his Hopper Meditations series, the artist’s process continues to be labor intensive and meticulous. The constructed photographs result from a sophisticated marriage of miniature dioramas with life-size models.
