TARA KOPP

TARA KOPP

BIO CV

STATEMENT OF WORK

From modern architecture and design to home appliances and technology, Tara Kopp’s work appropriates recognizable symbols to question expectations of adulthood around activities in the home. Through staging scenes with miniature models and dolls, Kopp’s oil paintings become a narrative device to address the personal, social, and cultural perspectives involving issues of connection and isolation. Inspired by Edward Hopper, Kopp utilizes light, shadow, and austere lines to convey the tensions in modern daily life.

Kopp creates architectural models with miniatures--dolls, furniture, and other objects she collects --which become scenes for her premise. The doll-like characters are surrogates for the average urban dweller. The artist is interested in how the miniature objects recreate and mimic our lives. Each painting is a page from a personal and intimate diary filled with mundane moments, silences, and uneasy encounters. Each prop tells a story, while the stark and fragmented structures build a tension among the characters.