Cut Me Up Magazine Covers
(left to right) Issue 01 by Andrea Burgay and Issue 02 by Ben DiNino
COLLAGE ON VIEW
Cut Me Up: Transitions
at The Vassar College Art Library in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
22 January–28 March 2025
The Vassar College Art Library and Cut Me Up magazine proudly present “Cut Me Up: Transitions”, an exhibition exploring the transformation of artwork through visual call and response.
“Cut Me Up: Transitions” highlights works from the fourteen published issues of Cut Me Up magazine, illustrating the multi-layered conversations that emerge as artists transform and respond to one another’s work. Using the physical magazine and each issue’s curatorial prompt as a starting point, artists deconstruct, reimagine, and reconstruct the published artworks into entirely new creations.
From short-form exchanges to extended dialogues, the included artworks demonstrate the exchange and transformation of ideas and imagery across multiple iterations. Recurring elements evolve, amplifying their original meanings or finding new life in unexpected contexts. Some artworks echo their predecessors with near-mirrored compositions, while others deconstruct their source materials entirely, mining them for textures, colors, and forms to create something entirely new.
(left to right) Vanessa Vargas and Suné Woods
Curated by Andrea Burgay, editor, director, and founder of Cut Me Up magazine, this exhibition represents the collaborative efforts of the guest curators and published artists, who have shaped every issue of the magazine.
The artists in the exhibit are: Yura Adams, Todd Bartel, Katie Blake, Lucinda Bliss, LaVonna Varnado Brown, Andrea Burgay, Laura Cannamela, Cless, Jess Costanzo, Ben DiNino, Pedro Freitez, Rubén Frejo, Torea Frey, Luciana Frigerio, James Gallagher, Gaetano Rizzi, Laurent Seljan, Leonardo Sousa, Ian Tothill, Angela Tucker, Vanessa Vargas, Al Wong, Suné Woods
Additional cover artworks by: Michelle Bowers, Monica Church, Paola D’Croz, Cait Elizabeth, John Rigney, and Naomi White.
(text adapted from material provided by the gallery)
INFORMATION
The Vassar College Art Library
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Poughkeepsie, New York 12604 USA
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