Layered: Mark Fish on the Works of Kai Rennes
Introducing a new six-part series in VSG Magazine: texts written by Mark Fish alongside the paintings of artist Kai Rennes — not reviews, not explanations, but a written layer added to each work.
Projects
Collaborative projects that grow from our community — archives, exhibitions, and open invitations to participate.

August 7–9, 2026 · Los Angeles
Works Beyond the Walls — VSG at TRYST Art Fair
Our hybrid exhibition at TRYST, the world's largest art fair for artist-run spaces. View the online component here.
Open Archive
This project began with the exhibition Dreams, Juxtapose Art Fair, Aarhus, Denmark, June 2025 — a collective wall of dream images.
Now it continues as an open, ongoing archive. We invite artists to send us their dream images: at least one, or a series. The only requirement is a square format (so it can be printed on Instax photo paper and added to the collective wall in future exhibitions).
Each image can stand alone as a glimpse into one artist's interior landscape — yet together they form a collective dream. This is a living project, always expanding, like dreams themselves: unfinished, open-ended, and constantly transforming.
In time, this growing collection may evolve into new exhibitions, seasonal themes (Nightmare, Recurring Dream, Forgotten Dream, Collective Dream), or even a printed book — a tactile dream object. A wall of dreams, slowly unfolding.
Ongoing Project
Three questions. Every artist answers the same three questions. Together, the responses form a living archive of how contemporary artists actually think — built in real time, one artist at a time.
01 What is good artwork?
02 What does it mean to be a successful artist today?
03 What project are you working on right now?
Introducing a new six-part series in VSG Magazine: texts written by Mark Fish alongside the paintings of artist Kai Rennes — not reviews, not explanations, but a written layer added to each work.
The first text in Layered, Mark Fish's six-part series written alongside the paintings of Kai Rennes. On All Things Shining — hundreds of transparent layers, and what escapes the eye and can only be spoken.
For artists who have never touched it. No prior knowledge assumed — only curiosity. What follows gives you enough context to feel oriented, then walks you step by step into your first setup. By Gordana Zikic, Part One of a series.