Priska C.
Juschka Fine Art
Tim Doud,
Angie (Ruby Woo), 2002, o/c, 22 x 22"
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TIM
DOUD
"Paintings
March 22 - April 29, 2002
Opening: Friday, March 22, 2002 6 - 9pm
PRISKA C. JUSCHKA FINE ART
212 Berry Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211
T: 718 599-0844 or 212 987-6177
F: 212 987-6182 e: gallery@priskajuschkafineart.com
http://www.priskajuschkafine
art.com
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PRISKA C. JUSCHKA FINE ART presents: Tim Doud "Paintings"
Extracts from an interview between Tim Doud and Priska Juschka, March
2002.
Q: Tim, you are a figurative painter. How did you choose your subject
matter?
A: I started painting directly from life to improve my drawing skills -
at the time I was painting non-observational paintings with figures in
them. I started drawing my friends and the portraits held my interest
more than the paintings that I had been creating. I went from making
paintings that illustrated what I was thinking about to making paintings
that had an inherent content.
Q: How do you choose your models and what is your relationship to them?
A: I paint my friends, who are the people around me, and I paint them
over a long period of time - one of my sitters has been sitting for me
for 10 years. Over the last five years I have gotten to know many
performers: dancers, actors, performance artists, and a lot of them are
sitting for me now.
Q: What's your process? How do you choose a pose? How do you develop a
painting?
A: I work with the models to develop the poses using multiple drawings.
A lot of the decisions have something to do with what the models do or
how they present themselves. I have been paintings one model's birthday
outfits and another series of wedding dresses. One series of drawings,
made with four men, are all made
from contrived poses that each model chose. The paintings come from the
drawings that resonate with me the most. Some of the drawings that I
choose are just curious to me - others challenge me and I keep coming
back to them. If a drawing is too resolved I don't want to make a
painting from it.
Q: I worked as a model for some time in the past: how would you describe
the chemistry between the artist and the model? And the viewer? (What
does painting "from the model" make so personal?)
A: The chemistry is great - but different with each person. We all have
different relationships with the people around us. I love to hear what
viewers have to say about sitters in the paintings, but I'm not really
thinking about the viewer so much while I'm painting. I spend three
hours a week with each person I paint, so it can get very personal
(especially in New York where people don't sit down regularly and talk
for three hours straight).
Q: Now, there are other figurative painters - I want to call them
traditional-who have very little in common with you. Can you explain
your relationship to them and why you don't consider your work just a
continuation of traditional figure painting?
A: It depends on which tradition you are talking about - my work isn't
very academic. I'm not primarily concerned with anatomy. I am interested
in the exterior of what I am looking at - kind of like Ingres. There is
a tradition of painting in the studio from life. Maybe it's my models
that aren't very traditional.
Q: If you would have to do something else: What would you do?
A: Well, I like to read biographies so I guess writing would be an
option. The problem is that I'm not a very good writer. So, I would like
to be a tennis pro. I love tennis.
Priska C. Juschka is happy to introduce the new work of Tim Doud in her
space at 212 Berry Street (between North 3rd and Metropolitan Ave.).
The opening reception is Friday, March 22, 6-9 p.m.
You are cordially invited to the post-opening party at Blu Lounge (197
N. 8th Street, corner of Driggs) to drink, mingle and dance to the
sounds of our special surprise celebrity DJ from 10:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.
For more information go to: http://www.e-flux.com/site2002/index.phtml?client=welcome/priska
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