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MARK RYDEN - YUKI THE YOUNG YAK (WHITE)
Date of creation: 2022
Medium: Plush and rubber
Edition: 500
Size: 43.20 x 30.50 x 25.4 cm
Condition: Brand new, sent inside its custom box
This is a limited edition designed by Mark Ryden and produced by Artoyz in Paris, France. It comes inside a drawstring bag and cradled by a richly decorated box designed by the artist. The figure and box are numbered of a limited edition of 500.
Yuki the Young Yak is one of the main characters that Ryden has depicted for his solo show Animal Secrets at Perrotin Gallery in Paris. Following the theme of his previous show Aenima Animals, at Perrotin Shanghai, the artist explores these animal beings as spiritual guides. These figures, non-human, non-animal, build a bridge between worlds, dancing between wildness, harmony, fear, spirituality, rationality and beauty.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Mark Ryden was born in Medford, Oregon, in 1963 but raised in California. There, in Pasadena, he studied art being given his BFA (Bachelor of Fine Arts) from the Art Center College of Design in 1987.
His first works were given in illustration, gaining a notable recognition during the 90s, when Ryden designed the album covers of some international bands such as Aerosmith (Love in an Elevator), Red Hot Chilli Peppers (One Hot Minute) or the utterly famous Dangerous by Michael Jackson. Thanks to these works, Ryden's art would get to Robert Williams, who would put the artist on the cover of the Juxtapoz magazine in 1994. Juxtapoz is devoted to "lowbrow art" (underground artistic movement originated in California during the 70s) and is the second best-selling magazine in the US.
Mark Ryden's first solo show took place in Pasadena in 1998, entitled "The Meat Show". As its own name states, the works shown had as the main element, the meat. On this exhibition, Ryden uses this resource to explore the contrary nature of the human being. The artist uses meat as the element of consumerism, without thinking that it previously belonged to a living being. Blood and butchery are inherent to the meat industry but it is something really unpleasant and something that the client just doesn't want to think about.
Mark Ryden's work is full with symbolic elements. Meat is one of them, but there are also many more: bees, bunnies, oversized heads or Abraham Lincoln. Some of these resources are used for their shape and aesthetics. For example, bunnies are associated with tenderness, but Ryden freezes their facial expressions transforming this cute animals into sinister figures. On the other hand, Ryden turns the figure of Abraham Lincoln into an icon in such a way that we forget about the person and the character. The same goes for Colonel Sanders (creator of the Kentucky Fried Chicken chain of restaurants). The fascination that the artist feels for these historical personages, self-made men, is reflected in his works in a recurrent way.
Back in the day, Mark Ryden's work was catalogued within the "Pop Surrealism" style. Ryden collects figures, objects and characters of today's culture and although his paintings seem to be really close to surrealism, the artist dismantles the definition of this style by deliberately choosing each of the elements involved in his works.
- Creator:Mark Ryden (1963, American)
- Creation Year:2022
- Dimensions:Height: 17.01 in (43.2 cm)Width: 12.01 in (30.5 cm)Depth: 10.01 in (25.4 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Madrid, ES
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1033114359872
Mark Ryden
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. Ryden 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. Mark Ryden received a BFA in 1987 from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. His paintings have been exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide, including a career-spanning retrospective "Cámara de las maravillas" at The Centro de Arte Contemporáneo of Málaga, as well as an earlier retrospective "Wondertoonel" at the Frye Museum of Art in Seattle and Pasadena Museum of California Art. Ryden was recently commissioned to create the set and costume design for a new production of Whipped Cream, put on by the American Ballet Theatre with choreography by Alexei Ratmansky. Whipped Cream is based on Schlagobers, a two-act ballet with libretto and score by Richard Strauss that was first performed at the Vienna State Opera in 1924. Mark Ryden currently lives and works in Portland, Oregon.
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