{"id":4250,"date":"2015-11-04T01:39:26","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T06:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/?p=4250"},"modified":"2015-11-05T20:02:35","modified_gmt":"2015-11-06T01:02:35","slug":"metamorphosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/articles\/metamorphosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Metamorphosis"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"jed-foronda-life-magazine\"<\/p>\n

Jed Foronda at McMurtrey Gallery in Houston, Texas<\/h2>\n

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<\/em> #13, we previewed Foronda’s exhibition \u201cMetamorphosis\u201d that was on view at McMurtrey Gallery in Houston, Texas.<\/p>\n

To read the full article, SUBSCRIBE<\/a> to Kolaj Magazine<\/em> or Get a Copy<\/a> of the Issue.<\/p>\n

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Foronda\u2019s 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.<\/h1>\n

\"jed-foronda-clash-of-the-titans\"<\/p>\n

\u201cMetamorphosis\u201d ran from 11 July to 8 August 2015. Learn more about Jed Foronda at McMurtrey Gallery<\/a> in Houston. Visit their website HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To read the full article, SUBSCRIBE<\/a> to Kolaj Magazine<\/em> or Get a Copy<\/a> of the Issue.<\/p>\n

Image (top):<\/strong>
\nLife Magazine Madonna and Child in Great Sculpture December 16, 1957<\/em>
\nby Jed Foronda
\n14.75″x11.25″x.625″
\nhand-cut periodical
\n2015<\/p>\n

Image (centre):<\/strong>
\nPolyborus Vulgaris<\/em>
\nby Jed Foronda
\n12″x9.5″x1.75″
\nhand-cut periodical
\n2015<\/p>\n

Image (bottom):<\/strong>
\nClash of the Titans 1981<\/em>
\nby Jed Foronda
\n11.875″x9.25″x1.5″
\nHand-carved comic book
\n2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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.…<\/p>\n

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