With his ongoing âEnthusiastic Consentâ series, contemporary artist Andre Veloux advocates for putting an end to violence against women â stating that only âan enthusiastic yesâ response is indicative of consent. His LEGO-based figurative works aim to challenge societyâs traditional stance on gender and how we interpret images. Andre purposefully uses uses pixelation and striation effects to present the subjects in an indeterminate matter, playing on preconditioned need to identify gender in what we see, and challenging viewers to accept everyone for who they are, whether male, female, or non-binary.
Currently Andre is exhibiting numerous works from the âEnthusiastic Consentâ series as part of his joint show âDeluxeâ at Krause Gallery with Bri Cirel, another contemporary artist whose work addresses feminist themes. Utilizing two drastically different artistic mediums and complimentary messaging, âDeluxeâ tackles how womenâs voices and bodies are represented in art and media.