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Howard County Times
October 7, 1999

Local Sculptors find Treasures in Trash
-Mike Giuliano
. . . Satire is the organizing principle for Gard Jones.  His "Dancing TV" places a red upholstered theater seat in front of a TV set that's resting on human leg like supports.  Jerry Springer-type programs endlessly play on the TV set.  There's a crown of thorns atop the television lest you miss the point.
      More visually striking is Jones'  "Paper Chase," in which the artist takes a standard office chair and affixes a number of curving metal rods that extend out into the room.  Each rod supports an old black telephone at its end, except for the one supporting a dollar bill-filled mason jar.  Anyone ever caught up in an office routine will identify with this sculpture.