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'''Vaughn Spann''' is a contemporary artist born in [[Florida]] in 1992<ref>{{Cite web|title=CV|url=https://www.vaughnspann.com/pagecv|access-date=2020-08-20|website=VAUGHN SPANN|language=en-US}}</ref>. He currently lives and works in [[Newark, New Jersey]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bio|url=https://davidcastillogallery.com/artists/vaughn-spann/|url-status=live|access-date=2020-08-20|website=David Castillo Gallery|language=en-US}}</ref> with his family. His most recent series of work is titled "Marked Man" and explores the harsh realities facing black men in America today.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vaughn Spann: Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep|url=https://davidcastillogallery.com/exhibitions/now-i-lay-me-down-to-sleep/|access-date=2020-08-20|website=David Castillo|language=en-US}}</ref>
'''Vaughn Spann''' is a contemporary artist born in [[Florida]] in 1992.<ref>{{Cite web|title=CV|url=https://www.vaughnspann.com/pagecv|access-date=2020-08-20|website=VAUGHN SPANN|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Vaughn Spann / 'Smoke Signals' / Almine Rech Brussels|url=https://flaunt.com/content/vaughn-spann-smoke-signals-almine-rech-brussels|access-date=2021-06-05|website=Flaunt Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref> He currently lives and works in [[Newark, New Jersey]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bio|url=https://davidcastillogallery.com/artists/vaughn-spann/|url-status=live|access-date=2020-08-20|website=David Castillo Gallery|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Vaughn Spann|url=https://rubellmuseum.org/na18-vaughn-spann|access-date=2021-06-05|website=rubellmuseum.org}}</ref> with his family. His most recent series of work explores the harsh realities facing black men in America today.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vaughn Spann: Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep|url=https://davidcastillogallery.com/exhibitions/now-i-lay-me-down-to-sleep/|access-date=2020-08-20|website=David Castillo|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Vaughn Spann|url=https://www.depauw.edu/arts-and-culture/arts/peeler/exhibits/upcoming-exhibits/shifting-gaze/virtual-exhibit-shifting-gaze/vaughn-spann/|access-date=2021-06-05|website=DePauw University|language=en}}</ref> Spann incorporates the X form into this series of highly abstracted works to spark conversation between line and color while also confronting a more challenging topic. In discussing the series, Spann stated: "I found myself severely traumatized by a stop and frisk altercation during college as I was profiled by police while leaving a study session. I felt the weight of having to spread my legs and hold my hands up in the air which while feeling defenseless, violated, and infuriated, sparked an interest in the form.”<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-13|title=Vaughn Spann Releases 'Cosmic Symbiote' Print in Support of Black Lives Matter|url=https://hypebeast.com/2020/10/vaughn-spann-cosmic-symbiote-almine-rech-edition-black-lives-matter-info|access-date=2021-06-05|website=HYPEBEAST}}</ref>


Though his most recent work is largely abstracted, Spann easily moves between figurative and abstracted styles. Artist [[Titus Kaphar]] called Spann's work “visually bilingual, alternating between the languages of abstraction and figuration” in a 2020 Wall Street Journal article.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Crow|first=Kelly|date=2020-01-15|title=A Boundary-Busting Artist Seeks to ‘Learn Through the Chaos’|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-boundary-busting-artist-seeks-to-learn-through-the-chaos-11579111114|access-date=2021-06-05|issn=0099-9660}}</ref> "I don’t want to choose one conversation,” Spann stated of his artistic practice.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-05|title=Frieze Viewing Room: Ten Advisory Selections|url=https://ocula.com/magazine/insights/frieze-london-online-advisory-selections/|access-date=2021-06-05|website=ocula.com|language=en}}</ref> “I want to be rebellious and think through lots of ideas. I learn through the chaos.”<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-05|title=Frieze Viewing Room: Ten Advisory Selections|url=https://ocula.com/magazine/insights/frieze-london-online-advisory-selections/|access-date=2021-06-05|website=ocula.com|language=en}}</ref>


== Curriculum Vitae ==
== Curriculum Vitae ==
Spann earned his Bachelor’s in Fine Arts from [[Rutgers University]] in 2014<ref>{{Cite web|title=CV|url=https://www.vaughnspann.com/pagecv|access-date=2020-08-20|website=VAUGHN SPANN|language=en-US}}</ref> and his Master’s in Fine Arts from [[Yale School of Art]] in 2018<ref>{{Cite web|title=CV|url=https://www.vaughnspann.com/pagecv|access-date=2020-08-20|website=VAUGHN SPANN|language=en-US}}</ref>. His work can be found in several institutions including, the Perez Museum of Art, [[High Museum of Art|The High Museum]], [[UBS|UBS Art Collection]], [[Rubell Familly Collection|Rubell Family Collection]], the [[de la Cruz Collection]] and [[Credit Suisse]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vaughn Spann|url=https://davidcastillogallery.com/artists/vaughn-spann/|access-date=2020-08-20|website=David Castillo|language=en-US}}</ref> Spann’s work has been featured in several publications including Artnews<ref>{{Cite web|last=Armstrong|first=Annie|last2=Armstrong|first2=Annie|date=2019-07-25|title=Almine Rech Now Represents Closely Watched Painter Vaughn Spann|url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/vaughn-spann-almine-rech-13040/|access-date=2020-08-20|website=ARTnews.com|language=en-US}}</ref>, The Art Newspaper<ref>{{Cite web|title=New York's Armory Show sees solid sales despite coronavirus risk|url=http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/armory-show-2020|access-date=2020-08-20|website=www.theartnewspaper.com}}</ref>, The New York Times<ref>{{Cite news|last=Brown|first=Patricia Leigh|date=2019-04-12|title=An Artist Rises, and Brings a Generation With Him|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/12/arts/design/yale-new-haven-titus-kaphar.html|access-date=2020-08-20|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>, Artforum<ref>{{Cite web|title=Monica Uszerowicz on Vaughn Spann|url=https://www.artforum.com/print/reviews/201909/vaughn-spann-81144|access-date=2020-08-20|website=www.artforum.com|language=en-US}}</ref> and several more.
Spann earned his Bachelor’s in Fine Arts from [[Rutgers University]] in 2014<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vaughn Spann|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/vaughn-spann/|access-date=2021-06-05|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=CV|url=https://www.vaughnspann.com/pagecv|access-date=2020-08-20|website=VAUGHN SPANN|language=en-US}}</ref> and his Master’s in Fine Arts from [[Yale School of Art]] in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vaughn Spann|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/vaughn-spann/|access-date=2021-06-05|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=CV|url=https://www.vaughnspann.com/pagecv|access-date=2020-08-20|website=VAUGHN SPANN|language=en-US}}</ref> His work can be found in several institutions including, The [[Pérez Art Museum Miami|Perez Art Museum Miami,]] [[High Museum of Art|The High Museum]], [[UBS|UBS Art Collection]], [[Rubell Familly Collection|Rubell Family Collection]], the [[de la Cruz Collection]] and [[Credit Suisse]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vaughn Spann|url=https://davidcastillogallery.com/artists/vaughn-spann/|access-date=2020-08-20|website=David Castillo|language=en-US}}</ref> Since his graduation from Yale University in 2018, Spann's work has been included in several exhibitions including shows at Half Gallery<ref>{{Cite web|last=Evan|first=Editor--|title=Juxtapoz Magazine - Vaughn Spann Explores the "Friend Zone"|url=https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/installation/vaughn-spann-explores-the-friend-zone/|access-date=2021-06-05|website=www.juxtapoz.com|language=en-gb}}</ref>, The [[Rubell Familly Collection|Rubell Family Museum]], [[Gagosian Gallery]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-07-29|title=Domestic Horror, Park & 75, New York, September 5–October 19, 2019|url=https://gagosian.com/exhibitions/2019/domestic-horror/|access-date=2021-06-05|website=Gagosian|language=en}}</ref>, The [[Pérez Art Museum Miami|Perez Art Museum Miami]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Polyphonic: Celebrating PAMM’s Fund for African American Art|url=https://www.pamm.org/exhibitions/polyphonic-celebrating-pamm%E2%80%99s-fund-african-american-art|access-date=2021-06-05|website=www.pamm.org}}</ref>, and The [[Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-11|title=Vaughn Spann: Open Onto|url=https://www.kemperart.org/exhibitions/vaughn-spann-open|access-date=2021-06-05|website=Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art|language=en}}</ref> Spann’s work has been featured in several publications including [[ARTnews|Artnews]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Armstrong|first=Annie|last2=Armstrong|first2=Annie|date=2019-07-25|title=Almine Rech Now Represents Closely Watched Painter Vaughn Spann|url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/vaughn-spann-almine-rech-13040/|access-date=2020-08-20|website=ARTnews.com|language=en-US}}</ref>, [[The Art Newspaper]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=New York's Armory Show sees solid sales despite coronavirus risk|url=http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/armory-show-2020|access-date=2020-08-20|website=www.theartnewspaper.com}}</ref>, [[The New York Times]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Brown|first=Patricia Leigh|date=2019-04-12|title=An Artist Rises, and Brings a Generation With Him|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/12/arts/design/yale-new-haven-titus-kaphar.html|access-date=2020-08-20|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>, [[Artforum]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Monica Uszerowicz on Vaughn Spann|url=https://www.artforum.com/print/reviews/201909/vaughn-spann-81144|access-date=2020-08-20|website=www.artforum.com|language=en-US}}</ref> and several more. In 2020, Spann was named one of [[Forbes]] "30 Under 30" in Art and Style.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vaughn Spann|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/vaughn-spann/|access-date=2021-06-05|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=30 Under 30 2020: Art & Style|url=https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30/2020/art-style/|access-date=2021-06-05|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 20:59, 5 June 2021

  • Comment: Neither his own website nor those of various commercial galleries can be considered independent reliable sources. Artsy and Artnet are commercial sites posing as art resources. The NYT is the only proper source I can see here, and by itself is surely not enough. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 19:46, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

Vaughn Spann is a contemporary artist born in Florida in 1992.[1][2] He currently lives and works in Newark, New Jersey[3][4] with his family. His most recent series of work explores the harsh realities facing black men in America today.[5][6] Spann incorporates the X form into this series of highly abstracted works to spark conversation between line and color while also confronting a more challenging topic. In discussing the series, Spann stated: "I found myself severely traumatized by a stop and frisk altercation during college as I was profiled by police while leaving a study session. I felt the weight of having to spread my legs and hold my hands up in the air which while feeling defenseless, violated, and infuriated, sparked an interest in the form.”[7]


Though his most recent work is largely abstracted, Spann easily moves between figurative and abstracted styles. Artist Titus Kaphar called Spann's work “visually bilingual, alternating between the languages of abstraction and figuration” in a 2020 Wall Street Journal article.[8] "I don’t want to choose one conversation,” Spann stated of his artistic practice.[9] “I want to be rebellious and think through lots of ideas. I learn through the chaos.”[10]

Curriculum Vitae

Spann earned his Bachelor’s in Fine Arts from Rutgers University in 2014[11][12] and his Master’s in Fine Arts from Yale School of Art in 2018.[13][14] His work can be found in several institutions including, The Perez Art Museum Miami, The High Museum, UBS Art Collection, Rubell Family Collection, the de la Cruz Collection and Credit Suisse.[15] Since his graduation from Yale University in 2018, Spann's work has been included in several exhibitions including shows at Half Gallery[16], The Rubell Family Museum, Gagosian Gallery[17], The Perez Art Museum Miami[18], and The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art.[19] Spann’s work has been featured in several publications including Artnews[20], The Art Newspaper[21], The New York Times[22], Artforum[23] and several more. In 2020, Spann was named one of Forbes "30 Under 30" in Art and Style.[24][25]

References

  1. ^ "CV". VAUGHN SPANN. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  2. ^ "Vaughn Spann / 'Smoke Signals' / Almine Rech Brussels". Flaunt Magazine. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
  3. ^ "Bio". David Castillo Gallery. Retrieved 2020-08-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Vaughn Spann". rubellmuseum.org. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
  5. ^ "Vaughn Spann: Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep". David Castillo. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  6. ^ "Vaughn Spann". DePauw University. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
  7. ^ "Vaughn Spann Releases 'Cosmic Symbiote' Print in Support of Black Lives Matter". HYPEBEAST. 2020-10-13. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
  8. ^ Crow, Kelly (2020-01-15). "A Boundary-Busting Artist Seeks to 'Learn Through the Chaos'". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
  9. ^ "Frieze Viewing Room: Ten Advisory Selections". ocula.com. 2021-06-05. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
  10. ^ "Frieze Viewing Room: Ten Advisory Selections". ocula.com. 2021-06-05. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
  11. ^ "Vaughn Spann". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
  12. ^ "CV". VAUGHN SPANN. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  13. ^ "Vaughn Spann". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
  14. ^ "CV". VAUGHN SPANN. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  15. ^ "Vaughn Spann". David Castillo. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  16. ^ Evan, Editor--. "Juxtapoz Magazine - Vaughn Spann Explores the "Friend Zone"". www.juxtapoz.com. Retrieved 2021-06-05. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  17. ^ "Domestic Horror, Park & 75, New York, September 5–October 19, 2019". Gagosian. 2019-07-29. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
  18. ^ "Polyphonic: Celebrating PAMM's Fund for African American Art". www.pamm.org. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
  19. ^ "Vaughn Spann: Open Onto". Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. 2021-03-11. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
  20. ^ Armstrong, Annie; Armstrong, Annie (2019-07-25). "Almine Rech Now Represents Closely Watched Painter Vaughn Spann". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  21. ^ "New York's Armory Show sees solid sales despite coronavirus risk". www.theartnewspaper.com. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  22. ^ Brown, Patricia Leigh (2019-04-12). "An Artist Rises, and Brings a Generation With Him". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  23. ^ "Monica Uszerowicz on Vaughn Spann". www.artforum.com. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  24. ^ "Vaughn Spann". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
  25. ^ "30 Under 30 2020: Art & Style". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
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