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Artist Statement:
It is a strange life, when I
consider it, how I struggle to
attain strength and clarity,
to mold base materials into
forms that will express me and
my attitude, my joy and
appreciation. I work alone,
who cares if I produce
anything or not, or if anyone
appreciates it? Still I
believe a good thing will not
perish.
My paintings are landscapes
for the viewer to enter and
explore, decoding the meanings
behind combinations of
clippings and colors,
challenging them to understand
the association between
juxtaposed elements and
phrases. I am motivated by the
challenge of defining areas of
vast space, and the struggle
to express my most inner
thoughts and ideas to the
viewer.
I collect printed materials
gathered over a lifetime by
myself and others; a newspaper
clipping from the Moon Landing
my grandmother saved, a flyer
from a show I saw in Toronto,
or a ticket stub from a movie
with someone I loved.
Materials layered like paint
through a collage technique I
have been developing over the
years using acrylic paint and
a variety of stains, glazes,
and pigments made from dirt
and ash on masonite canvases,
or parts of barns and houses.
These materials ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
BoxHeart Gallery, Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania
Chapman Friedman Gallery,
Louisville, Kentucky
Syntetica, Cincinnati, Ohio
El Ojito Springs, Tucson,
Arizona
Art Access, Columbus, Ohio
Artonomy, Cincinnati, Ohio
The Greenwich, Cincinnati,
Ohio
Terra Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
The Agora, Columbus, Ohio
The Marx Gallery, Covington,
Kentucky
qTen, Westerville, Ohio
Art For Life, Columbus, Ohio
Xoma ...
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Artist Reviews:
“V. Mann is one of the
artistic visionaries of my
generation. His worldview is
conflicted in a self-effacing
way; he is aware of our
troubles, and wishes to do
more than observe, but isn't
necessarily idealistic enough
to commit to the causes of the
Twitter people...so he...
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Collections:
“Love and Other Drugs”, Edward
Zwick Film
Nancy “Nana” Lampton,
Louisville, KY
EMH&T, Columbus OH
“M” an Ultramodern Gallery,
Newport, KY
LD Management, Worthington, OH
Ivonne Lie, Indonesia,
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Commissions:
Extrem Makeover Home Edition
Tracie McGarity Interiors,
Columbus, OH
Excellent Pictures & Words,
Columbus, OH...
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V Mann Biography:
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Associate Degree |
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Collage
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| Your Personal Biography |
"He who lives in the ideal and leaves it expressed in society or in art enjoys a double immortality. The eternal has absorbed him while he lives, and when he is dead his influence brings others to the same adsorption, making them, through that ideal identity which is best in him, reincarnations and perennial seats of all in him which he could rationally hope to rescue from destruction."
Mann was born in the mid-west in the mid-seventies and received no formal fine arts training choosing instead to earn an associates degree in graphic design from ACA College of Design Cincinnati, Ohio. With only an understanding of the fundamentals and an international background in advertising and retail design, v.mann is something of an outsider artist. His unique style is a combination of several techniques including “cut-up” (Brion Gyson), the application of foreign materials such as snake skin, plaster, dirt, and plants; along with digital mediums to create a contemporary folk art.
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