Michael Velliquette's intricate architectural paper models to be exhibited in Texas

2020-11-12T18:06:00-05:00

Previously featured on Archinect, artist Michael Velliquette has a new collection of paper sculptures that will be on display at the David Shelton Gallery in an exhibition called Creations are Numberless, I Vow to Free Them.

Everywhere transience is plunging into the depth of being | Paper sculpture |
12” x 12” x 9” | 2020

By constructing objects that convey strength, intent, and durability, Velliquette's work redefines the fragile connotations of paper. The artist's process, done completely by hand, is so intricate and complex that some works can take up to 500 hours to complete.

Now heaven’s river drowns its banks, and floods of joy have run abroad | Paper sculpture | 25" x 25" x 6" | 2017

The love that would soak down into the center of being | Paper sculpture | 20” x 20 x 8” | 2020

The series of abstract layers that make up each sculpture suggest fortress like constructions, tiered mandalas, or complex gears. Velliquette's work is in the permanent collections of the Chazen Museum ...

Artist hand-cuts paper shapes and assembles them into sacred architecture

2018-08-09T14:06:00-04:00

Mixed media artist Michael Velliquette has been making imaginary architecture models. A prolific artist who favors paper as his medium, his latest is a series of carefully detailed installations. Using hand-cut paper shapes, Velliquette assembles countless pieces of paper into complex forms he describes as both "scared architecture and three-dimensional mandalas." Textured and layered over one another, the Wisconsin-based artist's work takes interest in "ritually driven object making, devotional ornamentation, and our natural human impulse for razzle-dazzle."

Image courtesy of Michael Velliquette.

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Michael Velliquette's intricate architectural paper models to be exhibited in Texas

Artist hand-cuts paper shapes and assembles them into sacred architecture