Spleet, 2021, 1/1, photo sculpture, 29 × 21 × 22 inches

MFA in Photography from Temple University, Philadelphia, PA and grants from the Connecticut Commission on the Arts (2 times), 20” x 24” Polaroid Studio, Polaroid Corporation, NYC, NY (3 times) and the Aetna Insurance Co. Hartford, CT. Taught college and High school level photography, painting and sculpture. Work has been published and in many collections. 

In the past, my work would vacillate between photography and sculpture. A few years ago, I crushed a number of photos, taped them together and began experimenting with how they could support themselves using only these two items. Since then I have branched out using copper tubing for added support and an actual book as a foundation for the other materials. Both the book and the tubing are encased in my crushed images based on either a color scheme or on a unifying visual theme.

These work are a group of photo collages comprised of found and original images. Recently, I have begun to draw over the collages. These comprise the second group; and the drawn areas are actually the photo’s title written in Russian utilizing the Cyrillic Alphabet in various colors, widths and transparencies. Also included are a group of sculptures made of my crumpled photographs, packing tape, books and copper tubing. J.G.