Jed Foronda at McMurtrey Gallery in Houston, Texas
Collage artists do all sorts of things to old books and magazines. They horde them, cut them, dissect them, turn them into strips of paper and reassemble them. Jed Foronda excavates them. In Kolaj #13, we previewed Foronda’s exhibition “Metamorphosis” that was on view at McMurtrey Gallery in Houston, Texas.
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Foronda’s most powerful work is when the magazine is left intact and perceivable: a three-dimensional object that has been eaten away by his handiwork, the remnant of which is a beautiful pop culture corpse.
“Metamorphosis” ran from 11 July to 8 August 2015. Learn more about Jed Foronda at McMurtrey Gallery in Houston. Visit their website HERE.
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Image (top):
Life Magazine Madonna and Child in Great Sculpture December 16, 1957
by Jed Foronda
14.75″x11.25″x.625″
hand-cut periodical
2015
Image (centre):
Polyborus Vulgaris
by Jed Foronda
12″x9.5″x1.75″
hand-cut periodical
2015
Image (bottom):
Clash of the Titans 1981
by Jed Foronda
11.875″x9.25″x1.5″
Hand-carved comic book
2014