Vellum Projects presents ‘The Scenic Route’ at Pulse Miami
December 12, 2019 | Posted in Vellum News | By Stephanie Young
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“The Scenic Route”
Dec 5-8, 2019
Pulse Miami, Booth 314
artists: Deborah Druick, Yikui Gu, Zoia Skorodapenko, Diana Wege
curated by: Stephanie Young
Vellum Projects is pleased to present “The Scenic Route” at Pulse Miami Dec 5-8th. The title is taken from a work in Yikui Gu’s classic yellow series using the artist’s interracial marriage as a jumping off point to create mixed-media commentary sprinkled with popular culture and socio-political satire. In contrast Zoia Skoropadenko’s meditative (intellectual) landscapes sketched on trains then further realized in the studio, capture the artist’s journeys that reflect on her excitement and anticipation encapsulating memory, contemplation and illusion. Cutting in are Deborah Druick’s graphically inspired paintings. Focused on the objectification of women and emphasis put on femininity and beauty, the artist conjures subtle and clever feminism through gesture and placement. Moving on are prints and drawings by enviro-conceptual artist Diana Wege whose stance on conflict resolution and climate change become slogans and symbols that simultaneously engage and disturb.
Installation shots of the exhibit:
Art Toronto, Metro Toronto Convention Center, Oct 24-27, 2019
November 3, 2019 | Posted in Vellum News | By Stephanie Young
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Held annually in a big city with a small-town feel Art Toronto is the largest contemporary art fair in Canada. Showcasing galleries from all the provinces and perhaps the largest representation of Inuit art in the world, it combines new and old on a balanced scale. Representing one of three spaces from the New York area Vellum Projects presented “Zion Gazing” which explored a discourse between man, animal and the environment. Vellum is a magazine which focuses on emerging artists from all over the world the majority currently working in New York City. The projects area of the mag is the curatorial vision of publisher Stephanie Young, who features many of these artists. Here in Toronto the exhibition presented Marcy Brafman, Jennifer Deppe Parker and Diana Wege, all who have appeared in the mag. Zion showcased Diana Wege’s “Nine Lives” piece from 1993. Created as a grid with nine drawings on handmade paper each identical, yet randomly tainted with sketches, origami, writings and other paraphernalia. The work’s title references the popular saying which is even more prevalent today than twenty five years ago when it was first created, a quiet cry for our planet’s survival. Both Deppe Parker and Brafman find meaning and metaphor through the creatures that roam the earth. Using recycled magazine paper in collage format Deppe Parker alludes to her subject’s perspective through their eyes while Brafman searches for similarities in animal and human behavior. The special curatorial section sponsored by Rbc featured work by Rajni Perera a Sri Lankan artist currently living in Toronto who uses portraiture and figure to meditate on symbiosis and transformation. The booth was nicely curated by Aiden Gillis of Art Gallery Nova Scotia. Other gems included an original Calder gouache drawing which burst from its frame in bold Calder color bringing to mind a circus wave and Caroline Larsen, whose thickly painted semi-abstracted landscape created an intriguing optical illusion of needlepoint. The fair created an atmosphere of positive energy which was kept at a nice steady pace throughout its four day run neither overwhelming the visitor or participant.
Image Credits:
top l to r: Rajni Perera, Traveller 6, 2019, mixed media on paper, Marcy Brafman, Ugly Duckling Pieta 2018, oil enamel and spray paint on canvas, Caroline Larsen, Cross Stitch Mountain, 2017, oil on canvas over panel
bottom: Vellum Projects booth 1 (l to r: Marcy Brafman, Diana Wege, Jennifer Deppe Parker), Vellum Projects booth 2 (l to r: Diana Wege and Jennifer Deppe Parker)
Rajni Perera, VHT1, 2019
Alexander Calder, Spirale, 1969, gouache and ink on paper
Vellum Projects at Swab Barcelona-Diana Wege creates bus campaign for city based on Reject Violence prints
October 5, 2019 | Posted in Vellum News | By Stephanie Young
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Vellum Projects is excited to announce our participation in the 2019 edition of Swab Contemporary Art Fair. We will participate in the Seed section which features new independent institutions diverting away from the traditional gallery model. Our featured artist Diana Wege was also asked to create a campaign for Barcelona’s public transport system (TMB) based on her Reject Violence series which will be featured in our booth (S3).
Vellum presents at Art Fair Tokyo, March 7-10, 2019
February 6, 2019 | Posted in Vellum News | By Stephanie Young
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Vellum Magazine is pleased to present at Art Fair Tokyo. We will feature new paper work by Jennifer Deppe Parker and new ink and paint marker drawings from Marcy Brafman. In her latest series, Parker collages clips of painted over magazines to form abstracted versions of different eyes. For AFT she has created the eyes of several different animals found only in Japan. These include the Koi, a popular water garden fish, Inu a popular dog and the Scops owl. Her work examines how one views the obvious and what we discover when prompted to use our intuition. On the other hand, Brafman finds fuel from the popular cultural icons of yesteryear. Inspired by the old cartoonist George McManus who penned “Bringing up Father” and “Maggie & Jiggs”, her new drawings on vellum, tagged “The War Between Men and Women” harbors gestural fluidity to depict this age old conflict. Her trio of matrimonial satire will be shown individually on each day of the fair akin to a daily comic strip. Both artists have appeared in Vellum magazine and are representative of the kind of work we love and support. Copies of the latest issue and select back issues will also be on hand.
Art Fair Tokyo
March 7-10, 2019
Tokyo International Forum
https://artfairtokyo.com/
Vellum Projects at The LA Art Show January 23-27, 2019
January 4, 2019 | Posted in Vellum News | By Stephanie Young
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Vellum 21 is Out!
October 20, 2018 | Posted in Vellum News | By Stephanie Young
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We’re very pleased to present Vellum 21 which features Natalie Collette Wood on the cover. Wood is a multidisciplinary artist who blurs the line between memory and reality. Through painting, sculpture and collage she draws from personal experience to create dynamic landscapes detailing time suspended in a half awoken dream. Her sculptural pieces combine elements of nature and man-made materials to question what is real and what is fantasy. Temp on Mars our curatorial project for Vellum 21 focuses on seven artists who create fantastical narratives using earthly quotas of fauna and flora. We’ve also reviewed some of the fairs we’ve participated in recently. The issue will have its paper debut at Artissima, Italy Nov 1-4, booth D in the Publisher’s area at Oval Lingotto.
You can purchase digital and print on demand copies here:
http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/1518950
Vellum at Artissima Nov 1-4, Oval Lingotto-Turin, Italy
September 28, 2018 | Posted in Vellum News | By Stephanie Young
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Next stop this fall for Vellum will be the prestigious Artissima Fair in Turin Italy. Held at the Oval Lingotto the fair is celebrating 25 years in 2018 and will feature close to 200 galleries from all over the world. Our booth (D) is located in the Publisher’s section where we will debut the latest issue (Vellum 21) and feature Diana Wege’s Reject Violence series.
Vellum Projects at CODE Art Fair Aug 30-Sept 2, Copenhagen, Denmark
July 26, 2018 | Posted in Vellum News | By Stephanie Young
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Vellum Projects is pleased to present “Breaking the Code” at this year’s Code Art Fair. The meaning of code constitutes a system of words, letters, figures or other symbols usually reserved for the purpose of secrecy. Here visual clues of personal experience are heightened by questions of intention and used with non-traditional forms to challenge our notion of perception, espionage, architecture and intimacy. The show is comprised of artists who have appeared in Vellum Magazine and are part of our on-going programming. Vellum’s latest issue and select back issues from our catalog will also be available to view/purchase in our booth (1F).
The fair takes place Aug 30th-Sept 2nd at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Image description:
(Top l to r:)
Jennifer Deppe Parker , Goat, acrylic on canvas, magazine paper, molding paste, gel mediums, 18″ x 24″
Ani Collier, Reflections in Violet, Digital collage on printed paper, 16″ x 24″
(Bottom l to r:)
Marcy Brafman, BLACK OPS Flip Flops (Zories 99 cents), paint marker on black flip flop, 10″ x 4″
Sarah Allen Eagen, Eyelashes, photograph on silk, 28″ x 34″
Vellum Projects at Art New York May 3-6, 2018- Pier 94
March 27, 2018 | Posted in Vellum News | By Stephanie Young
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We’re delighted to announce our participation at this year’s Art New York Fair as a special Media Partner. We will feature Diana Wege’s Reject Violence Prints in a curated exhibition with partial proceeds going to benefit the Perry J. Cohen Foundation (www.pjcf.com). In addition the new issue of Vellum will be available. Come down to Pier 94 and visit us!
Art New York
Pier 94
12th Avenue at 55th Street
New York, NY 10019
VIP PREVIEW
(By invitation only)
Thursday May 3 :2pm-5pm
Benefiting the
Joe Namath Foundation &
Hope for Depression Research Foundation
Regular Hours
Thursday May 3 :5pm-8pm
Friday May 4 :12pm-8pm
Saturday May 5 :12pm-8pm
Sunday May 6 :12pm-6pm
Art Paris Art Fair April 5-8, 2018-The Grand Palais-Paris, France
March 19, 2018 | Posted in Vellum News | By Stephanie Young
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For the second year in a row Vellum Magazine will be an exhibiting media partner at Art Paris. Located in the historic Grand Palais the show will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2018. As host to over 140 galleries from 23 countries the fair will pay tribute to its neighbor Switzerland in this edition. As the only US magazine to exhibit in the media section Vellum will display the current issue along with original lithographs by Ani Collier and Diana Wege.
Art Paris Art Fair April 5-8, 2018
The Grand Palais
Avenue Winston Churchill
75008 Paris
April 4th, Vernissage (invitation only) 6p-10p
April 5th-11:30a-8p
April 6th-11:30a-9p
April 7th-11:30a-8p
April 8th-11:30a-7p
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