Randy Grskovic is an artist and collector from British Columbia, currently working in Toronto. For the past ten years he has been investigating the image archive, creating collages that highlight underlying philosophical issues concerning our current political discourse. Grskovic has shown across Canada and been included in exhibitions at Equinox Gallery and A Space in Vancouver; L’oeil du Poisson in Quebec; Gallery 44 in Toronto; and Eastern Edge Gallery in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Internationally, the Berlin-based publisher Gestalten recognized him in The Age of Collage (2013), a survey of artists working in the medium. Randy Grskovic transforms our perception of reality through his collaged work. Instilling humour, beauty and mystery into familiar imagery: landscapes, family portraits and candid photographs.
Randy Grskovic rearranges family photographs. He slices found photographs into geometric abstractions. What were once cherished images of memories are now emptied of their sentimental meaning. Grskovic’s collages draw attention to the process of photographing ourselves – making images of ourselves for posterity. While photographs are often considered true and trusted documents of past events, Grskovic’s work encourages viewers to be skeptical of the idea of their objective nature. He says:
The following images are some of my best images from the photoshoot of Central London after editing and touching up. They will be effective to use as a response to Randy Grksovic because i like the combination of nature (the sky) and man-made structures (buildings and bridges). I can visualise how it would turn out if I juxtaposed these images together and distorted it in a different way but using shapes.
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I think that manufactured structure and shape are very important and through my journey so far i have realised how much of a key aspect it is when looking at manufactured structure. therefore, I would like to incorporate the key concept of shape (especially geometric shapes) and create an image that includes more shape so the viewers are able to see the scenery from a different perspective.
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The above two images are what i used to create my responses because by taking the image from a very high level, you are able to see the line of where the image is separated into two; nature and structure. Therefore it would be easier to contrast these to together using rectangular shapes because their will still be a sky line created however, it will be a picture of nature and structures. The second response is quit different because it has taller buildings and more of the roads are shown so when created the response, you can almost how there has been new shapes created and there is even a road going in a different direction.
I liked Randy Grskovic's technique however I would like to incorporate it so that it is more relatable to my theme, manufactured structure. Randy usually uses old family photographs or nature to flip and rotate so I decided to do it with my buildings images from the roof top of my college through using Photoshop. I selected rectangular sections of the image ensuring tat they are the same length ad then rotated it upside down. I wanted to make sure the skyline between the images would meet, still creating a skyline but in a juxtaposed way. I also edited the image and added a vintage effect. My response puts together nature and man-made structures together but the harsh lines that separate the images show that nature and man-made can never be blended in together or be the same thing.