Artist Statement:
I have been making dioramas since 1997. This evocative medium has allowed me to combine several areas of my interest, including found objects with their richness of texture and history, and the telling of stories that are being conveyed without words, through evidence and the body language of the figurines I create. The fact that they are often hidden in peephole boxes adds to the surprise and voyeuristic pleasure of the viewer. In 2001 I started a series of boxes based on the Brothers Grimm’s fairy tales, which I remembered well from growing up in post war Germany. When I revisited the stories as an adult, I was startled by the darkness in them (a lot of which never made it into the translations available in the US). Many of these stories had poignant moments in which the hero or heroine experienced an event that turned their lives around. I imagined at the core of these moments to be a terrible stillness, time stopping for a heartbeat. These moments, and the feelings associated with their implied consequences, are what I try to capture in images.

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Exhibitions

2005
"Method Becomes Practice"
Group Show at Manhattan Borough President's Office

“Toy Theatre Museum”
Group show at St. Ann’s Warehouse, Brooklyn, NYC

2003
“Reflections of the Unconscious”
Group show at the Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies, NYC

“Toy Theatre Museum”
Group show at HereArt, NYC

2002
"The Story thus Far"
Exhibition at Dixon Place, NYC

“Fractured Fairy Tales”
Group show at Metaphor Contemporary Art Gallery, NYC

2001
Solo show at Philip Alan Gallery, NYC

“Bright Lights”
Group show at Philip Alan Gallery, NYC

2000
“The Toy Show”
Group show at Nikolai Fine Arts, NYC

"Artification"
Group Show at Philip Alan Gallery, NYC

1999
"Lumps and Holes"
Group Show at HereArt, NYC


Contact:

tkindermann@earthlink.net