Images(3)

After Work

Object number2019.34.4 a,b

MediumPaper; Crayon(?); Colored pencil(?); Metallic paper; Ink; Adhesive; Foamcore

Credit LineGift of Frances Gialamas

DescriptionDiptych comprised of two rectangular multimedia photo collages. Viewer's left collage of a diptych. Entitled "After Work I". Rectangular multimedia photo collage. Central area of artwork is an enlarged printed photographic image of men leaving a steel mill; men walking in street clothes are in the foreground with the steel mill in the midground to background. Around the perimeter of the artwork are adhered pieces of gray, brown, red, orange, blue, light purple, and metallic silver and gold paper as well as a printed image of Wonder Woman in the viewer's bottom left corner. The central printed photographic image and some of the perimeter collage pieces are drawn over using polychrome media, possibly crayon and/or colored pencil. Collage is mounted on a rectangular white foamcore backer. Viewer's right collage of a diptych. Entitled "After Work II". Rectangular multimedia photo collage. Central area of artwork is an enlarged printed photographic image of men leaving a steel mill; men walking in street clothes are in the midground walking over a bridge and in the foreground next to building structures in the viewer's right foreground with the steel mill in the background. Around the perimeter of the artwork are adhered pieces of gray, brown, red, orange, blue, light purple, and metallic gold paper as well as a printed image of Wonder Woman in the viewer's top right quadrant. The central printed photographic image and some of the perimeter collage pieces are drawn over using polychrome media, possibly crayon and/or colored pencil. Collage is mounted on a rectangular white foamcore backer. DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (a): 44 x 32 x 0.25 in. (111.8 x 81.3 x 0.6 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (b): 44 x 32 x 0.25 in. (111.8 x 81.3 x 0.6 cm)
Signed(a) Artist signature in the viewer's bottom right corner in black ink "F. V. GiALAMAS".
(b) Artist signature in the viewer's bottom right corner in black ink "© F. V. GiALAMAS".
Marks(a)
Reverse of backer has text in the viewer's top right corner in black ink:
on yellow post-it "LEFT / DiPTich";
on foamcore "AFTER WORK I / 44 x 32";
and on address label "Fran Gialamas / 112 Pheasant Drive / Pittsburgh, PA 15238".

(b)
Reverse of backer has text in the viewer's top right corner in black ink:
on yellow post-it "RiGHT / DiPTiCH";
on foamcore "44 x 32 / AFTER WORK II";
and on address label "Fran Gialamas / 112 Pheasant Drive / Pittsburgh, PA 15238".
Historical Notes“After Work” photo assemblage diptych depicting men leaving the Homestead Works at the end of a shift. Multimedia artwork by local artist Fran Gialamas. Fran uses personal and historic photographs that she enlarges, hand colors, and then incorporates other imagery and objects. As she is working, she uses a spray mount that is repositionable so she can change things around as the work progresses. Some images, like Wonder Woman, appear frequently in her work. She has been working with historic photographs since 1987. Working people and specifically steel workers became a frequent theme in her work with the demise of the industry in the region.

Related institution Chatham University

Related institution Pittsburgh Center for the Arts

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