Dustin Yellin
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Dustin Yellin is a contemporary artist living in New York
. Yellin’s artworks are based on an accumulative process of painting and collaging
on multiple layers of glass, creating three-dimensional forms. Yellin began this accumulative process on layers of resin and has transitioned to laminated glass in his more recent works. He uses found objects, images from a wide range of printed material and photorealistic
painting to create fantastic scenes and images. Yellin's exploration of how we move within a mental environment of shifting depths is reminiscent of Deleuze’s A Thousand Plateaus
and Robert Rauschenberg
's combines. His paintings and collages use a method of representing three-dimensional forms that is similar to both lenticular images and rapid prototyping
. The technique approximates a static volumetric display
and is autostereoscopic. His artworks appear three dimensional
without the use of special glasses or viewing equipment. He was involved in the development of a pixel based rapid prototyping
machine (as opposed to a voxel
based machine) in order to introduce a digital trajectory into his mark making practice. Yellin is currently researching and developing methods of three-dimensional photography and expanding the breadth of his collages and paintings.
. Yellin founded Kidd Yellin Gallery in Red Hook, Brooklyn
with photographer Charlotte Kidd in 2009. The gallery opened with a solo show of Gavin Anderson paintings and sculptures and a project room with drawings of Butthole Surfers
' front man Gibby Haynes
. Yellin & Kidd are developing a residency program for young artists in Red Hook, Brooklyn
. Yellin recently completed his first documentary film
, Little Grandfather, an ethnographic picture of a remote Amazonian tribe called the Achuar
.
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. Yellin’s artworks are based on an accumulative process of painting and collaging
Collage
A collage is a work of formal art, primarily in the visual arts, made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole....
on multiple layers of glass, creating three-dimensional forms. Yellin began this accumulative process on layers of resin and has transitioned to laminated glass in his more recent works. He uses found objects, images from a wide range of printed material and photorealistic
Photorealism
Photorealism is the genre of painting based on using the camera and photographs to gather information and then from this information creating a painting that appears photographic...
painting to create fantastic scenes and images. Yellin's exploration of how we move within a mental environment of shifting depths is reminiscent of Deleuze’s A Thousand Plateaus
A Thousand Plateaus
A Thousand Plateaus is the second book of Capitalism and Schizophrenia, the first being Anti-Oedipus. Written by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, it was translated into English by Brian Massumi...
and Robert Rauschenberg
Robert Rauschenberg
Robert Rauschenberg was an American artist who came to prominence in the 1950s transition from Abstract Expressionism to Pop Art. Rauschenberg is well-known for his "Combines" of the 1950s, in which non-traditional materials and objects were employed in innovative combinations...
's combines. His paintings and collages use a method of representing three-dimensional forms that is similar to both lenticular images and rapid prototyping
Rapid prototyping
Rapid prototyping is the automatic construction of physical objects using additive manufacturing technology. The first techniques for rapid prototyping became available in the late 1980s and were used to produce models and prototype parts. Today, they are used for a much wider range of applications...
. The technique approximates a static volumetric display
Volumetric display
A volumetric display device is a graphical display device that forms a visual representation of an object in three physical dimensions, as opposed to the planar image of traditional screens that simulate depth through a number of different visual effects...
and is autostereoscopic. His artworks appear three dimensional
Stereoscopy
Stereoscopy refers to a technique for creating or enhancing the illusion of depth in an image by presenting two offset images separately to the left and right eye of the viewer. Both of these 2-D offset images are then combined in the brain to give the perception of 3-D depth...
without the use of special glasses or viewing equipment. He was involved in the development of a pixel based rapid prototyping
Rapid prototyping
Rapid prototyping is the automatic construction of physical objects using additive manufacturing technology. The first techniques for rapid prototyping became available in the late 1980s and were used to produce models and prototype parts. Today, they are used for a much wider range of applications...
machine (as opposed to a voxel
Voxel
A voxel is a volume element, representing a value on a regular grid in three dimensional space. This is analogous to a pixel, which represents 2D image data in a bitmap...
based machine) in order to introduce a digital trajectory into his mark making practice. Yellin is currently researching and developing methods of three-dimensional photography and expanding the breadth of his collages and paintings.
Career
Dustin Yellin has been exhibiting art in solo and group exhibitions since 2001. Yellin was represented by Robert Miller Gallery from 2005 until 2010. He is currently represented by Vito SchnabelVito Schnabel
Vito Schnabel , the son of Julian Schnabel and his first wife, Jacqueline, is an art dealer based in New York City.He represents Theo A. Rosenblum, René Ricard, Vahkn Arslanian, Terence Koh, Dustin Yellin and Ron Gorchov and has shown his artists at Nicholas Robinson Gallery and in Richard Avedon's...
. Yellin founded Kidd Yellin Gallery in Red Hook, Brooklyn
Red Hook, Brooklyn
Red Hook is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, USA. The neighborhood is part of Brooklyn Community Board 6. It is also the location where the transatlantic liner, the , docks in New York City.- History :...
with photographer Charlotte Kidd in 2009. The gallery opened with a solo show of Gavin Anderson paintings and sculptures and a project room with drawings of Butthole Surfers
Butthole Surfers
Butthole Surfers is an American alternative rock band formed by Gibby Haynes and Paul Leary in San Antonio, Texas in 1981. The band has had numerous personnel changes, but its core lineup of Haynes, Leary, and drummer King Coffey has been consistent since 1983. Teresa Nervosa served as second...
' front man Gibby Haynes
Gibby Haynes
Gibson Jerome "Gibby" Haynes is an American musician, radio personality, and painter, and the lead singer of the group Butthole Surfers.-Early life and career:...
. Yellin & Kidd are developing a residency program for young artists in Red Hook, Brooklyn
Red Hook, Brooklyn
Red Hook is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, USA. The neighborhood is part of Brooklyn Community Board 6. It is also the location where the transatlantic liner, the , docks in New York City.- History :...
. Yellin recently completed his first documentary film
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
, Little Grandfather, an ethnographic picture of a remote Amazonian tribe called the Achuar
Achuar
The Achuar are an Amazonian community of some 18,500 individuals along either side of the border in between Ecuador and Peru. As of the early 1970s, the Achuar were one of the last of the Jivaroan groups still to be spared the effects of western contact....
.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
- Osiris on the Table 20 Hoxton Square Projects, February - March 2011
- Nightshades Independent Ideas Studio, October 19 - October 30, 2010
- Eden Disorder Samuel Freeman Gallery, March- April 2010
- Dust in the Brain Attic Robert Miller Gallery, April - July 2009
- Unnatural Selections Patricia Faure Gallery, January - March 2008
- Permutations Haines Gallery, January - February 2008
- Suspended Animations Robert Miller Gallery, May - August 2007
- Dustin Yellin: Organicus GDS Galería, Multicentro Paco, Planta Alta, Escazu, Costa Rica, November 2005 - January 2006
- Dustin Yellin Robert Miller Gallery, New York, January - February 2005
- Previous Works James Fuentes Project Space, New York, May 2002
Group exhibitions
- Brucennial 2010 Miseducation Bruce High Quality FoundationBruce High Quality FoundationThe Bruce High Quality Foundation is an arts collective in Brooklyn, New York City, the United States, which was "created to foster an alternative to everything." The collective is made up of five to eight rotating and anonymous members, most or all of whom are Cooper Union graduates...
, New York, February 2010 - Conversations II Travesía Cuatro, Madrid, February - March 2010
- 7:10 National Arts Club, New York, February 2010
- Kings County Biennial Kidd Yellin, New York, December 2009 - February 2010
- STAGES Deitch Projects, New York, October - November 2009
- One From Here Guild & Greyshkul, New York, February 2009
- Geometry As Image Robert Miller Gallery, New York, May - July 2008
- Without Walls Museum52, New York, December 2008 t- January 2009
- Conversations I Travesía Cuatro, Madrid, April - May 2007
- Earth and Other Things: Dustin Yellin and Johanna St. Clair Lincart, San Francisco, January - February 2006
- Among the Trees New Jersey Center of Visual Arts, NJ, April - June 2006
- Black and Blue Robert Miller Gallery, New York, June – July 2006
- Contrasts: Group Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Original Gallery, Port Hercule, Monaco, October 2006
- Nostalgia Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY, September 2005 - May 2006
- Landings Susan Inglett Gallery, New York, January – February 2005
- Inherent Lemberg Gallery, Ferndale, MI, June – July 2005
- First Annual Watercolor Show: Ten Times the Space Between Night and Day Guild & Greyshkul Gallery, New York, NY, July 2004
- Scratch Chelsea Art MuseumChelsea Art MuseumThe Chelsea Art Museum is a contemporary art museum located at 556 West 22nd Street on the corner of Eleventh Avenue in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City....
, New York, October- November 2003 - Cross Path Culture, Rockefeller CenterRockefeller CenterRockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commercial buildings covering between 48th and 51st streets in New York City, United States. Built by the Rockefeller family, it is located in the center of Midtown Manhattan, spanning the area between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue. It was declared a National...
, New York, May - June 2002
External links
- Shedding History's review of "Eden Disorder"
- Robert Miller Gallery
- Kidd Yellin
- Patricia Faure Gallery
- ARTNET, Dustin Yellin
- Dustin Yellin
- Kidd Yellin Gallery
- Art Observed: Dustin Yellin Interview
- Village Voice: Your Face or Mine?
- New York Times, Shaped by a Sculptor's Hand, and Foot
- The Gallery: Dustin Yellin
- Village Voice, Dustin Yellin: Dust in the Brain Attic
- Selected Press