Yoke by P. Roch Smith

About the Work

"Using toys as a foundation material is a natural fit that I have gravitated toward as a means of speaking to my concerns. Toys have always fascinated me – how they function and how their meanings can be ‘read’. For such simple objects toys inhabit a complex space – a space that might not be exclusive to issues of socialization, aggression, domesticity, violence, gender and cooperation. GI Joe, the quintessential embodiment of the male identity, has served as a material and theoretical thread for many of my investigations. " - P. Roch Smith