Mark Ryden: Pinxit, 

Название:  Mark Ryden: Pinxit
Перевод названия: Марк Райден Pinxit
ISBN: 9783836539821
Издательство: Taschen
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ISBN-10: 3836539829
Обложка/Формат: Hardback
Страницы: 400
Вес: 2.50 кг.
Дата издания: 30.11.2016
Язык: English
Размер: 248 x 325 x 34
Читательская аудитория: General (us: trade)
Подзаголовок: Pinxit
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Поставляется из: Германии
Описание: Mark Rydens carnival of curiosities: Fuzzy bunnies, big-eyed girls, meat, magic, and mystery

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.

Rydens vocabulary ranges from cryptic to cute, treading a fine line between nostalgic cliche 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 Rydens 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, Rydens work can leave no viewer unmoved.

Pinxit, whose title refers to the Latin term meaning painted by, is organized by the themes of Rydens 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 Rydens 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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