"The Light That Sees, Velliquette's solo exhibition of 21 new works at Duane Reed Gallery, delves into themes of consciousness and light, both in the physical sense that light enables us to see but also in the way that illumination is itself a metaphor for awareness-and enlightenment. Through monochromatic reliefs, he highlights perception, material, and the human relationship with nature."
"Velliquette often repeats specific shapes, such as eyes, stars, florets, and circles. Numerous other shapes frequently come into play, from hole-punched triangles to myriad tiny discs with scalloped edges. Sometimes, the overall composition reads as a meditation on recurring forms, like a mandala, in which all sides are essentially the same. In others, elements bordering on the cartoonish emerge in the form of flowers with faces or human profiles rotating around a central orb."
The Light That Sees presents 21 new works at Duane Reed Gallery in St. Louis, running through December 13. Velliquette constructs mandala-like compositions from cut, notched, perforated, and layered metallic-coated paper and sometimes builds tower-like or rotating multi-layered reliefs. Monochromatic reliefs examine consciousness and light both physically and metaphorically as awareness and enlightenment. Repetition of shapes—eyes, stars, florets, circles, hole-punched triangles, and scalloped discs—creates meditative patterns. Some pieces introduce cartoonish elements like flowers with faces or rotating human profiles. Precision cutting, shaping, and assembly emphasize materiality and invite quiet, attentive viewing that mirrors the making process.
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