PAPER are pleased to present the work of Manchester-based artist, Vincent James, at the 11th Art Fair Suomi 2017. Art Fair Suomi is an international contemporary art festival gathering together 1000 works of contemporary art from performance and photography to installations and sound art. The programme of the festival includes conversations, artists’ talks, seminars, as well as live and video performances. With its displays and programme AFS17 aims to reach the public, presenting art for wide audiences, and to create circumstances for professionals to meaningfully meet and network.

Vincent is taking part in a three week residency in Helsinki developing new work for his solo exhibition at Art Fair Suomi 2017.  Vincent has created new stop-motion animations using the Cable Factory as both an inspiration and setting for the work.  The traces of industrial history still evident in the Cable Factory along with the scale of this unique building have challenged Vincent to produce ambitious new work.

Using objects appropriated from cartoons as a starting point, Vincent makes artwork across a range of media including sculpture, collage and animation. In these work props dislocated from different cartoon worlds collide, creating surreal and whimsical interactions.  His work draws on an ever-expanding catalogue of appropriated objects.
Installation:

The Lights of the Fox
Installation Views at Art Fair Suomi 2017, Helsinki, Finland
2017

Animations:

Bright Spark
(Produced at The Cable Factory during Art Suomi 2017)
Sound by Sam McLoughlin
1' 20"
2017

Live Wire
(Produced at The Cable Factory during Art Suomi 2017)
Sound by Sam McLoughlin
1' 38"
2017

Paper Trail
(Produced at The Cable Factory during Art Suomi 2017)
Sound by Sam McLoughlin
1' 34"
2017

Artworks:
Pot Bound
Ink on cut-out Paper
42 x 29cm
2015
Mix Up
Ink on cut-out Paper
42 x 29cm
2014
No Picnic
Ink on cut-out Paper
42 x 29cm
2015
Bucketfuls
Ink on cut-out Paper
42 x 29cm
2015
World Wide Woof
Ink on cut-out Paper
42 x 29cm
2004
The Pipes of Peace
Ink on cut-out Paper
42 x 29cm
2004
Sweet Tooth
Ink on cut-out Paper
42 x 29cm
2004
Last Supper
Ink on cut-out Paper
42 x 29cm
2004
Push-Me, Pull-You
Ink on cut-out Paper
42 x 29cm
2004
Starry Eyed
Ink on cut-out Paper
42 x 29cm
2004
Pillow Fight
Ink on cut-out Paper
42 x 29cm
2004

Chatterbox
Ink on cut-out Paper
42 x 29cm
2004
Skulduggery
Ink on cut-out Paper
42 x 29cm
2015
Mental Block 
Ink on cut-out Paper
29 x 21cm
2015
'Tis The Season to Burn a Brolly 
Ink on cut-out Paper
27 x 21cm
2015
Burnt Offering
Ink on cut-out Paper
42 x 29cm
2015
Previous Animations
Playback
An animation made during the Exploring PAPER Residency at PAPER Gallery, Manchester in summer 2015.
Sound by Sam McLoughlin
1' 24"
Fall Out
An animation made during the Exploring PAPER Residency at PAPER Gallery, Manchester in summer 2015.
Sound by Sam McLoughlin
1' 05"
Flamin' Nora
An animation made during the Exploring PAPER Residency at PAPER Gallery, Manchester in summer 2015.
Sound by Sam McLoughlin
1' 31"
Ups & Downs
An animation made during the Exploring PAPER Residency at PAPER Gallery, Manchester in summer 2015.
Sound by Sam McLoughlin
1' 31"
PAPER Saturdays
(An animation made during the Exploring PAPER Residency at PAPER, Manchester)
1' 19"
2015