JU-Mark Ryden Pinxit - Updated version - Couverture rigide

Byrne, Debra J.; McCormick, Carlo; McGee, Mike; McKenna, Kristine

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3836539829 ISBN 13 : 9783836539821

Editeur : TASCHEN, 2016

Synopsis

Blending themes of pop culture with techniques reminiscent of the old masters, Mark Ryden has created a singular style that blurs the traditional boundaries between high and low art. His work first garnered attention in the 1990s when he ushered in a new genre of painting, “Pop Surrealism,” dragging a host of followers in his wake. He has trumped the initial surrealist strategies by choosing subject matter loaded with cultural connotation.Ryden’s vocabulary ranges from cryptic to cute, treading a fine line between nostalgic cliché and disturbing archetype. Seduced by his infinitely detailed and meticulously glazed surfaces, the viewer is confronted with the juxtaposition of the childhood innocence and the mysterious recesses of the soul. A subtle disquiet inhabits his paintings; the work is achingly beautiful as it hints at darker psychic stuff beneath the surface of cultural kitsch. In Ryden’s world cherubic girls rub elbows with strange and mysterious figures. Ornately carved frames lend the paintings a baroque exuberance that adds gravity to their enigmatic themes. Complex in its arcane and idiosyncratic subject matter, Ryden’s work can leave no viewer unmoved.Pinxit, whose title refers to the Latin term meaning “painted by,” is organized by the themes of Ryden’s major exhibitions—The Meat Show, Bunnies & Bees, The Tree Show, and so on—and includes collected essays by Yoshitomo Nara, Carlo McCormick, and others, and a new essay by culture critic Kristine McKenna. This sweeping retrospective brings together nearly two decades’ worth of Mark Ryden’s paintings and works on paper, broadening the horizons of his uncanny universe and bringing it to the world, one page at a time.

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À propos des auteurs

Mark Ryden a obtenu en 1987 un diplôme des beaux-arts de l'Art Center College of Design de Pasadena. Ses tableaux ont été exposés dans des musées et des galeries du monde entier, notamment lors de la rétrospective Wondertoonel qui lui a été consacrée au Frye Museum de Seattle et au Musée d'art californien de Pasadena, et de l'exposition The Artist's Museum au Musée d'art contemporain de Los Angeles. Il vit et travaille aujourd'hui à Los Angeles.

Mark Ryden a obtenu en 1987 un diplôme des beaux-arts de l'Art Center College of Design de Pasadena. Ses tableaux ont été exposés dans des musées et des galeries du monde entier, notamment lors de la rétrospective Wondertoonel qui lui a été consacrée au Frye Museum de Seattle et au Musée d'art californien de Pasadena, et de l'exposition The Artist's Museum au Musée d'art contemporain de Los Angeles. Il vit et travaille aujourd'hui à Los Angeles.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: TASCHEN
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: allemand
• ISBN 10: 3836539829
• ISBN 13: 9783836539821
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 367
• Coordonnées du fabricant: TASCHEN GmbH; contact@taschen.com; ; Hohenzollernring 53. D; K�ln; 50672; Allemagne