Daily Grind

More Works By P. Roch Smith Bronze 2020
76.5 × 11.5 × 11.5 in 194.31 × 29.21 × 29.21 cm 75 lbs
$12,500

About Daily Grind

This contemporary, male, figurative, patinated bronze sculpture was created by artist P Roch Smith. A tower of cups stacked face to face and end to end creates a beautifully undulating formal column reminiscent of Brancusi's Endless Column. Precariously balanced on the shoulders of a small bronze figure, the leagues of cups invite one to contemplate notions of consumption, modern life, and drive.

Smith received a BFA (Honours Sculpture) from the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in 1997 and an MFA from York University in 2003. A teacher as well as an artist, he has taught classes at the University of Waterloo, ECIAD, and York University. He currently manages and operates the bronze and aluminum foundry at York University. Smith has exhibited throughout Canada and in the US and his work is included in private, corporate, and museum collections in British Columbia, Toronto, Los Angeles, and New York.