Pride London and Worldwide 2020
LONDON ♥ DICK Mail Art Project: You the Artist, The Mail Gays (The Male Gaze)
3 July 2020 - 7 August 2020

Mail Art Project by You the Artist: The Mail Gays (The Male Gaze)
Wish you were here? The Mail Gays takes its cue from the Fluxus Mail Art movement, and Velorose and LOVED invite you to become a part of this newly-presented LOVED show, and Velorose’s third Mail Art Project. Join artists, artistes, and illustrator friends of the gallery and the collective, and become a Mail Artist by sending a postcard-sized creation inspired by the titles LONDON ♥ DICK and The Mail Gays to Velorose

The Rules:

• Postcard artwork size: 4” x 6” / A6 / 10cm x 15cm (approx.)

• One may also email a contribution in the size of 1800 px x 1200 px (ie a good size)

• Cards to be posted to: Velorose, 1b Charterhouse Square, LONDON, EC1M 6EE, UK

• Cards to be received by the end of August 2020

• Digital contributions / just to be safe / any queries, to be emailed to: gallery@velorose.com

• As postcards arrive, Velorose and LOVED will add the real submissions to the gallery display

• all postal and digital receipts will be displayed online

• The gallery has no choice over which postcards to display, only how to display them

• The postcards are not for sale, nor for return to sender / artist

• Further small print at LOVED

Caitlin M Farrell, Figure of the Dandy (Fin de Siècle) (Postcard Sent to Velorose from London, 2020) Felt Pen, Adhesive Label and Print-Out of Author’s Essay on Card with Franking (Unique) (Not for Sale)

Jesus and Isa, Spain (Also) ♥ Dicks (Postcard Sent to Velorose from Spain, 2020) Felt Pen on Found Embroidered / Appliquéd Tourist Postcard (Unique) (Not for Sale)

Homostash, Untitled (Postash / Stashcard) (Postcard Sent to Velorose from London, 2020) Felt Pen on Corrugated Card (Unique) (Not for Sale)

James Williams, Dick’s Big Gherkin (Postcard Sent to Velorose from London, 2020) Felt Pen on Postcard (Obverse) (Unique) (Not for Sale)

James Williams, Dick’s Big Gherkin (Postcard Sent to Velorose from London, 2020) Felt Pen and Stamp (Franked) on Postcard (Reverse) (Unique) (Not for Sale)

Andrew Lee, Haiku #85 (Postcard Sent to Velorose from London, 2020) Giclée Print on Card Collaged with Pencil on Scored Card (Unique) (Not for Sale)

Tony Mogan, Untitled (Socks Symbols) (Postcard Sent to Velorose, 2020) Watercolour Pencil and Ink on Postcard (Unique) (Not for Sale)

Anonymous, LDN ♥ DICK (The Green Man) (Postcard Sent to Velorose from London, 2020) Coloured Pencil on Postcard (Unique) (Not for Sale)

Matthew Jackson, Untitled (Oh Christ!) (Postcard Sent to Velorose, 2020) (Not for Sale)

D Chooi, Untitled (Pussy Galore) (Postcard Sent to Velorose, 2020) (Not for Sale)

Ben Youdan, Untitled (Jock’s Trap) (Postcard Sent to Velorose, 2020) (Not for Sale)

Anonymous, Thank You LOVED! (Postcard Sent to Velorose from London, 2020) Felt Pen on Postcard (Unique) (Not for Sale)

Velorose, Four Great Presidents by Bob Young (Jefferson = Mummy with Her Hair Long) (First Posted Keystone, South Dakota, 11.30am 22 July 1958) (Posted to Velorose from London by Lindsay Fallows, 11.30am 22 July 2020) Fineliner on Inherited Postcard (Twice Stamped and Franked) (Obverse) (Unique) (Not for Sale)

Velorose, Four Great Presidents by Bob Young (Jefferson = Mummy with Her Hair Long) (First Posted Keystone, South Dakota, 11.30am 22 July 1958) (Posted to Velorose from London by Lindsay Fallows, 11.30am 22 July 2020) Fineliner on Inherited Postcard (Twice Stamped and Franked) (Reverse) (Unique) (Not for Sale)

Giovanni Parigi, Rainbow Ice (Postcard, 2020) Coloured Pencil on Watercolour Paper (Unique) (Not for Sale)

Tommy Pang, Wish You Were Here (Postcard, 2020) Electronic File (Not for Sale)

J-C F London ♥ Dick (The Bears) (2020) Electronic File (Not for Sale)

Andrew Lee, Bad Bear 4 (Parental Advisory: Explicit Content) (Postcard Sent to Velorose from London, 2020) Felt Pen and Pencil on Card Collaged on Scottish Porridge Oats Cereal Box with Paper Clasp and Detachable Card ‘Fig Leaf’ with Scotch Tape, Paper and Stamp (Unfranked) (Reverse / Outside)

Andrew Lee, Bad Bear 4 (Parental Advisory: Explicit Content) (Postcard Sent to Velorose from London, 2020) Felt Pen and Pencil on Card Collaged on Scottish Porridge Oats Cereal Box with Paper Clasp and Detachable Card ‘Fig Leaf’ with Scotch Tape (Obverse / Inside)

Melissa Green, Dad (Mail Male) (Postcard Sent to Velorose from London, 2020) Biro and Metallic Felt Pen with Tracing Paper and Adhesive Gold Paper Star on Colour Chart and Paper (Unique) (Not for Sale)

Anthony, I ♥️ DICK (Postcard Sent to Velorose from London, 2020) Giclée Print on Photo-Printer Paper (Unique) (Not for Sale)

Ralph, Untitled (Ralph ♥♥♥♥) (Postcard Sent to Velorose from London, 2020) Felt Pen, Adhesive Gold Paper Star and Adhesive Tape on Colour Chart and Paper (Unique) (Not for Sale)

Jon Barleymow (Tony), Londinium Verpem Dilexit Semper (San Sebastian Ora Pro Nobis) (Postcard Sent to Velorose from Liverpool, 2020, ‘with Love from the Sacred Deviants of Liverpool') Felt Pen and Gold Leaf on Paper (Unique) (Not for Sale)

Gibson (& Miles), Blockdown Life (Postcard Sent to Velorose from London, 2020) Felt Pen on Paper (Unique) (Not for Sale)

Charles O Smith, Reclining Youth with Nasturtiums (after a photograph found on newTumbl; Photographer Unknown) (Postcard Sent to Velorose from California, 2020) Ink and Watercolour Pencil on Watercolour Paper Affixed to Card Stock (Unique) (Not for Sale)

Velorose, Please Look After this Bear Necessity (Bear Sent to Velorose from London, 2020) Found Teddy (c. 1995), Bella Freud and Gillian Wearing Badge by Plinth, Badge by LOVED and Postage Label from the Effects of Hansi R. (1984) Wrapped in Royal Mail Printed Plastic Bag (Unique) (Not for Sale) Photographed on Arrival on Hans J Wegner Daybed for Getama c.1957, available from Early Bird London

Velorose, Please Look After this Bear Necessity (Bear Sent to Velorose from London, 2020) Found Teddy (c. 1995), Bella Freud and Gillian Wearing Badge by Plinth, Badge by LOVED and Postage Label from the Effects of Hansi R. (1984) (Unique) (Not for Sale) Photographed Prior to Posting

Anonymous, Untitled (Pink Heart) (Postcard Sent to Velorose from London, 2020) Gouache on Printed Watercolour Postcard (Unique) (Not for Sale)

Anonymous, Dick ♥️️’s London (Postcard Sent to Velorose, 2020) Felt Tip Pen on Watercolour Postcard (Unique) (Not for Sale)

Anonymous, I ♥️ Love the Show (Postcard Sent to Velorose, 2020) Felt Tip Pen on Watercolour Postcard (Unique) (Not for Sale)

Anonymous, I Love Them 2 (Postcard Sent to Velorose from London, 2020) Felt Tip Pen on Watercolour Postcard (Unique) (Not for Sale)

Anonymous, I am Loved (Postcard Sent to Velorose from London, 2020) Metallic Marker Pen on Watercolour Postcard (Unique) (Not for Sale)

Anonymous, Bear Rabbit (Miffy Stiffy) (Postcard Sent to Velorose from London, 2020) Felt Pen, Generic Post-It Note, Print-Outs and 3M Tape on LOVED Promotional Card (Unique) (Not for Sale)

Owen McConnell, Lockdown ♥️️ Dick (Postcard Sent to Velorose from London, 2020) Felt Pen and Watercolour Wash on Cass Art Postcard 300gsm (Unique) (Not for Sale)

Owen McConnell, Literal ♥️ Dick (Postcard Sent to Velorose from London, 2020) Felt Pen and Watercolour Wash on Cass Art Postcard 300gsm (Unique) (Not for Sale)

Clifford Eve, Yoga Bear (Bear as Cobra) (Postcard Sent to Velorose, 2020) Felt Pen on Paper (Unique) (Not for Sale)

Big Jesse, If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try Again (Sent to Velorose from London, 2020) Photograph (Not for Sale)

A Homosexual, Untitled (Spotted Dick) (Postcard Sent to Velorose from Canada, 2020) (Unique) (Not for Sale)

Eustace, David (Hungry for Gloria) (Postcard Sent to Velorose from London, 2020) Photoshop Collage (Unique) (Not for Sale)

Salem, Untitled (Love Be Accomplished in All) (Postcard Sent to Velorose from Canada, 2020) (Unique) (Not for Sale)

Anonymous, Be Yourself Dude (Postcard Sent to Velorose from Germany, 2020) mypostcard.com Download (Unique) (Not for Sale)

David Rosenberg, Lost in Music (David as Seen and Captured by Dad (Switzerland, c.Summer 1970)) (Postcard Sent to Velorose from London, 2020) Laminated Found Family Photograph with Ink on Post-It Note and Cancelled Stamp (Unique) (Not for Sale)

Evie Salmon, Of Other Spaces (Love Evie with Pride) (Postcard Sent to Velorose from Cambridge, 2020) Highlighter Ink on Cut Up Photocopies of Book Chapter (Author being the Artist) (Obverse) (Unique) (Not for Sale)

Evie Salmon, Of Other Spaces (Love Evie with Pride) (Postcard Sent to Velorose from Cambridge, 2020) Felt Pen and Highlighter Ink on Cut Up Photocopies of Contents Page (Author being the Artist) with Stamp (Franked) (Reverse) (Unique) (Not for Sale)

Sophie Carter, The Look of Love (Postcard Sent to Velorose from London, 2020) Ink and Cellophane on Card with Unfranked Stamp (Unique) (Not for Sale)

A Homosexual, Untitled (Black Bear (Ursus Americanuas)) (Postcard Sent to Velorose from Canada, 2020) Found Postcard (Unique) (Not for Sale)

Daisy de Villeneuve, DAISY ♥ DICK (Postcard Sent to Velorose 2020) Felt Tip Pen on Card (Unique) (Not for Sale)

Professor Daniel Monk, Mask Codes (Postcard Sent to Velorose 2020) Selfie-Portrait Digital Collage on Paper (Unique) (Not for Sale)