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Show of Geoffrey Gorman's fantasy sculptures opens in Ybor

 
The Trek of Galguphia and Saldula by Geoffrey Gorman.
The Trek of Galguphia and Saldula by Geoffrey Gorman.
Published Feb. 17, 2015

Geoffrey Gorman's sculptures are fantastic, and I use that adjective to describe both their creativity and their sense of fantasy. A group of them will be on view at the art gallery on Hillsborough Community College's Ybor campus beginning Friday and continuing through March 27.

The Santa Fe, N.M., artist is one of many who use found and recycled materials — a new show at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art with that context recently opened — but Gorman's work has such a narrative quality. He crafts identifiable animals that suggest back stories and human personalities, posed as if in stop-motion. His titles suggest storylines, too. His use of salvaged materials can be considered a metaphor, as is true of all such art, for our attitudes toward conservation versus waste.

A free opening reception is from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday with a gallery talk at 6:15. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and noon to 7 p.m. Tuesday. Free admission. hccfl.edu/ yborgallery or (813) 253-7674.

Lennie Bennett, Times art critic