BOOKs
Vincent Valdez: In Memory
Artwork by Vincent Valdez
Texts by Denise Markonish, Roberto Tejada, and Rufus Wainwright
Published in 2023.
Purchase from Radius Books.
A limited number of books are available for purchase with hand drawn illustrations by the artist. Please inquire at studio@vincentvaldezstudio.com about availability.
SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE
A novel by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Artwork by Vincent Valdez
Publishing in fall of 2023.
During 2023, Vincent Valdez worked at Arion Press for six weeks for its inaugural King Artist in Residence program to present Kurt Vonnegut’s novel Slaughterhouse-Five. For the project, Valdez created 20 original pen-and-ink drawings - many enlivened with ink washes - to bring Vonnegut’s anti-war classic roaring to contemporary relevance. Two sweeping depictions of the destruction of Dresden in 1760 and 1945 appear on the front and rear end sheets of the Arion edition. The full suite of drawings reflects Billy Pilgrim’s fractured psychological landscape as well as the external collective psychosis of a world engaged in perpetual warfare. Altogether, the body of work coalesces into what Valdez calls a “visual testimony of transformation, hope, love, and survival in 21st-century America.”
The six week period of creative incubation nurtured a singular collaboration with the Arion bookmaking team around the design and format of the final presentation. The result is a remarkable edition whose unique binding evokes a military dossier with motifs derived from wartime ephemera in Valdez’s own family archive.
Limited Edition of 250 copies. Coming soon.
Pre-order available now at Arion Press. Learn more about the project here.
LOST [in translation]
LOST [in translation] is a hand-bound artist edition book that includes the full transcript of Allen Iverson's May 7, 2002 press conference, paired with artworks and a fold-out cover poster by artist Vincent Valdez, printed and constructed by Matthew Solomon of Form & Counter.
Limited Edition of 40 copies. Published in 2022.
A limited number of books are available for purchase through the artist’s studio. Please inquire at studio@vincentvaldezstudio.com about availability and visit Common Practice to learn more about the project .
THE STRANGEST FRUIT
The Strangest Fruit is a limited edition artist publication by Vincent Valdez. Included are nine, folded, full-color posters (17.75 x 23.75 inches, each) and an essay written in English and Spanish by Andrea Lepage, Professor of Art History at Washington and Lee University.
Limited Edition of 300 copies. Published in 2021.
A limited number of books are available for purchase through the artist’s studio. Please inquire at studio@vincentvaldezstudio.com about availability and visit Cattywampus Press to learn more about the project .
EDITIONS
Siete Dias
2022
Silkscreen diptych on 320 gram Coventry Rag paper
Each of the two silkscreen prints measures 26 1/2" x 39"
An edition of 5
Siete Dias
2022
Silkscreen on synthetic fabric
Dimensions: 19" x 25"
An edition of 30
In collaboration with Gary Lichtenstein Editions, this release coincides with the opening of Siete Dias, a powerful new installation created by Vincent Valdez as part of the Land of the Free exhibition at Mana Contemporary. Composed of twenty-one translucent silkscreen panels, Siete Dias revolves around the fact that, since the 1970s, over 150,000 individuals have disappeared in Central and South America.
“This series is a meditation on the violence that has historically been unleashed, in many cases as a direct result of U.S. government foreign policy and military interventions intended to disrupt and crush social and political opposition to American imperialism in Latin America.”
- Vincent Valdez
Purchase from Gary Lichtenstein Editions and learn more about the project here.
SIETE DIAS
Houston, Texas Get Out The Vote Poster
2020
Digital print on Strathmore 130lb paper
Dimensions: 26 x 18 inches
An edition of 100
Texas Get Out The Vote Poster
2020
Digital print on Strathmore 130lb paper
Dimensions: 26 x 18 inches
An edition of 100
GET OUT THE VOTE - POSTERS
These numbered, unframed limited edition print series were overseen by Gary Lichtenstein Editions and produced exclusively for Project 270 from Mana Public Arts.
In 2020, Project 270 was forged as an effort to increase voter awareness and turnout, particularly voters age 18 to 38, by flooding the country with Get Out The Vote images, posters, billboards, and other art in the three weeks prior to election day.
Purchase from Mana Contemporary or directly from the artists studio by inquiring at studio@vincentvaldezstudio.com and learn more about the project at Project 270.
FILMS
American MasterS
VINCENT VALDEZ: THE BEGINNING IS NEAR
EXCERPTS FOR JOHN
WALLEY FILMS 2012
PEOPLE OF THE SUN (GRANDPARENTS SANTANA)
Audio/Video description of “People of the Sun (Grandparents Santana)” by Vincent Valdez, 2022