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  • Artist Books 29
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What Beetle Is This? – 1988

What Beetle Is This? – 1988

Artist Books
Time Bound – 2005

Time Bound – 2005

Installations
Windows – 1982

Windows – 1982

Artist Books
Violin Man – 2009

Violin Man – 2009

Assemblages
Transcendance – 1996

Transcendance – 1996

Sculpture
Time Bound Assemblages

Time Bound Assemblages

Assemblages
Sun Salutations – 2007

Sun Salutations – 2007

Public Art
Station Identification – 1984

Station Identification – 1984

Artist Books
Shot On The Spot – 1999

Shot On The Spot – 1999

Artist Books
Psychology Of Normal People – 1990

Psychology Of Normal People – 1990

Artist Books
Plowshares – 1989

Plowshares – 1989

Artist Books
Playthings – 2001

Playthings – 2001

Photography
Peace, Perfect Peace – 1992

Peace, Perfect Peace – 1992

Artist Books
On Wrinkles – 1979

On Wrinkles – 1979

Artist Books
Octopus Garden – 2007

Octopus Garden – 2007

Public Art
Old – 2001

Old – 2001

Artist Books
Nuclear Summer – 1986

Nuclear Summer – 1986

Photography
Modern Times- 1996

Modern Times- 1996

Montages
Mid-Life – 1998

Mid-Life – 1998

Photography
Miami Beach – 1988

Miami Beach – 1988

Photography
Meta+Morphe – 2003

Meta+Morphe – 2003

Artist Books
Local Odysseys – 1994

Local Odysseys – 1994

Public Art
Journeys Through Bookland – 1991

Journeys Through Bookland – 1991

Artist Books
In Vogue I – August 1997 – January 1998

In Vogue I – August 1997 – January 1998

Public Art
In Search Of A World – 1990

In Search Of A World – 1990

Artist Books
In A Day’S Work – 1988

In A Day’S Work – 1988

Photography
Illuminations – 2006

Illuminations – 2006

Public Art
Heart Man – 2009

Heart Man – 2009

Installations
Garbage Can Man – 2009

Garbage Can Man – 2009

Installations
Flying Dreams Series I – 1994

Flying Dreams Series I – 1994

Sculpture
Fathers And Sons – 1990

Fathers And Sons – 1990

Photography
Father Put Up A Looking Glass – 1991

Father Put Up A Looking Glass – 1991

Artist Books
Eye Dreams – 1996

Eye Dreams – 1996

Sculpture
Egg-Plant – 2002

Egg-Plant – 2002

Artist Books
Directions – 2008

Directions – 2008

Public Art
Conduit – 1996

Conduit – 1996

Sculpture
Circle Of The Sciences Comparative Physiology – 1989

Circle Of The Sciences Comparative Physiology – 1989

Artist Books
Circle Of The Sciences- 1988

Circle Of The Sciences- 1988

Artist Books
Boy In The Mountains – 2005

Boy In The Mountains – 2005

Artist Books
Bowling Pin Girl – 2009

Bowling Pin Girl – 2009

Assemblages
Boundless – 1996

Boundless – 1996

Montages
Awry – 2001

Awry – 2001

Photography
Adolescent Series – 1986

Adolescent Series – 1986

Photography
A Tale From The Fire – 1995

A Tale From The Fire – 1995

Artist Books
Diffusion – 1996

Diffusion – 1996

Sculpture
A Particular Horizon – 1984

A Particular Horizon – 1984

Artist Books
My Bookhouse:  From The Tower Window – 1992

My Bookhouse: From The Tower Window – 1992

Artist Books
Empty Nest – 1988

Empty Nest – 1988

Photography
Navysphere – 2004

Navysphere – 2004

Public Art
Bleak House  1992

Bleak House 1992

Artist Books
Who Is She? – 2013

Who Is She? – 2013

Collaborations, Installations, Public Art
Who Is She?  2012

Who Is She? 2012

Montages
Who Is She?  2013-2014

Who Is She? 2013-2014

Sculpture
Sheltering – 2020

Sheltering – 2020

Assemblages
Speak, Hands – 2004

Speak, Hands – 2004

Artist Books
Blind – 2019

Blind – 2019

Artist Books
Broken Vows – 2017

Broken Vows – 2017

Artist Books
Broken Vows Ex Voto – 2017

Broken Vows Ex Voto – 2017

Artist Books
Sheltering – 2020

Sheltering – 2020

Artist Books
About Time – 2020

About Time – 2020

Installations
Broken Vows – 2017

Broken Vows – 2017

Installations
Do No Harm – 2017

Do No Harm – 2017

Installations
Ladders – 2016

Ladders – 2016

Installations
Pandora’s Box – 2020

Pandora’s Box – 2020

Installations
Reflections – 2019

Reflections – 2019

Installations
Scent – 2018

Scent – 2018

Sculpture
Retirement – 2011

Retirement – 2011

Montages
Who is She? – Series 3 – 2012

Who is She? – Series 3 – 2012

Montages
Geography of the Peace – 1988

Geography of the Peace – 1988

Photography
Life in a Nuclear Age – 1985

Life in a Nuclear Age – 1985

Photography
TV and the Dreamer – 1985

TV and the Dreamer – 1985

Photography
Places Without Walls – 1987 and 2017Collaboration with Dinah Berland

Places Without Walls – 1987 and 2017
Collaboration with Dinah Berland

Collaborations
Time – 2018Collaboration with Marco Schindelmann

Time – 2018
Collaboration with Marco Schindelmann

Collaborations
Climate Change –2016 – 2019Collaboration with Victor Raphael

Climate Change –
2016 – 2019
Collaboration with Victor Raphael

Collaborations
The Wall – 2016 – 2019Collaboration with Victor Raphael

The Wall – 2016 – 2019
Collaboration with Victor Raphael

Collaborations
Lessons to be Learned – 2016 – 2019Collaboration with Victor Raphael

Lessons to be Learned – 2016 – 2019
Collaboration with Victor Raphael

Collaborations
My Choice – 2016 – 2019Collaboration with Victor Raphael

My Choice – 2016 – 2019
Collaboration with Victor Raphael

Collaborations
Sheltering (Zine) 6 – 2020

Sheltering (Zine) 6 – 2020

Artist Books
Sheltering (Zine) 2 – 2020

Sheltering (Zine) 2 – 2020

Artist Books
Reflections – 2018

Reflections – 2018

Artist Books
Transplant Ex Voto I – 2015

Transplant Ex Voto I – 2015

Paintings
Transplant Ex Voto II – 2015

Transplant Ex Voto II – 2015

Paintings
Transplant Ex Voto III – 2015

Transplant Ex Voto III – 2015

Paintings
Transplant Ex Voto IV – 2015

Transplant Ex Voto IV – 2015

Paintings

© Terry Braunstein 2023. All rights reserved.

 
Photography

Photography_tn“Though her art uses the techniques of collage and the aesthetics of photography, Braunstein considers herself neither a collagist nor a photographer. But while Braunstein always uses found images, never using the camera to create images, her art is in fact more closely related to photography than to collage, particularly to aspects of darkroom photography in her manipulating, clarifying, extracting, combining, and reproducing existing images. Her sole use of the camera is mechanical, to reproduce her collaged images so that in their final material form her words may appear to be authentic photo documentation rather than pieced paper constructions. She exploits the appearance of photography to deny the fact of her paper collages and in order to simulate documentary “reality.” Braunstein thus uses the camera for one of its oldest and original purposes: to fictionalize, much as such pioneering photographers as Oscar G Rejlander (1813-1875), Henry Peach Robinson (1830-1901 or the cinematographer Georges Méliès (1861-1938) created images that never existed except in their art.”

— Howard Fox is Curator of Contemporary Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Artist's Books

Artist-Books_tn“In addition to the photo collages or montages, Braunstein also creates books. The books have a far more hand-wrought quality, and are put into the world more as objects — as things — than as images of other things. But there are close similarities of concept and techniques with the photographs. As always, Braunstein utilizes existing sources — other books — to create her own books. She combines images extracted from her usual sources of magazines, books and printed matter, with illustrations or text pages from bound volumes such as children’s storybooks or scientific manuals. Some of her books “read” like normal books — that is, from one page to the next, in a sequence from first to last, and often there is a visual, if not always logical, narrative. But other of her books are sculptural with holes, windows and other contours cut through the pages, so that in turning from page to page, new information accumulates layer upon layer; these books are read not only from one page to another, but from one page through another. In the hands of the reader, one of Braunstein’s sculptural books becomes a kinetic sculpture whose visual and intelligible content changes with each turn of the page.”

— Howard Fox is Curator of Contemporary Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Public Art

Public-Art_tn“The magic of Terry’s work is that she has given new meaning and unexpected context to a common symbol we all recognize. The combination of the grand scale and the intimate, often nostalgic images act to draw visitors to the site and invite interaction. Rarely, in public art projects, is the resolution of formal issues so beautifully married with the subject matter, which, for so many, is the heart of the memorial. Happily, Terry’s sculpture is an object of extraordinary beauty that succeeds on all levels and for all ages.”

— Constance Glenn, Director
University Art Museum
California State University, Long Beach

Installations

Installations_tn“There are as many definitions of “art” as there are expressions of it. If art is defined as a visual philosophy of life or a search for meaning, Terry Braunstein creates it. Whether expressed as a poignant view of human behavior, a nostalgic perception of things past, an honest look at life and loss, the wisdom learned from collective experience, desperate longing for love and desire, or anxious hope for the future, Braunstein’s art explores it all. Working in a variety of media that includes . . . . installations. . . she creates work that stimulates the mind and the heart on myriad levels.
Each visual narration (of her installations) can be interpreted as a poetic metaphor or a haunting allegory. A middle-aged man with one foot in a trashcan stares at a globe placed beyond his reach. An older woman slumps in a child’s wagon as red balloons float past her window. Two melancholy widows dance together as birds fly out of a gilded cage.”

— Shirle Gottleib
Art Scene

Montages

Montages_tn“To create a picture in the way that Terry Braunstein does is, in essence, to reassemble pieces of our familiar world into a surprising, yet convincing, new world. . . . There are no ready answers to the questions Braunstein poses, and no promise of a resolution forthcoming. In fact, there seem only to be more questions, and more cross-references. By importing the loaded content of mass media imagery into her artistic landscape, she not only challenges the assumptions implicit in contemporary culture but also addresses one of the basic aesthetic dilemmas: the interpretive gap between appearance and truth.”

— Noriko Gamblin, Curator
Long Beach Museum of Art