Mark Ryden Art
American, b. 1963
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.(Biography provided by Artetrama)
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Mark Ryden "The Butcher Bunny" Lenticular Framed Contemporary Pop Fine Art
By Mark Ryden
Located in Draper, UT
American artist Mark Ryden has been a champion of the Pop Surrealist aesthetic for decades, and with that he’s established a massive catalog of works that continue to be cherished to...
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2010s Pop Art Mark Ryden Art
Materials
Lenticular
Dodecahedron (Hand Signed Poster by Mark Ryden)
By Mark Ryden
Located in New York, NY
Mark Ryden
Dodecahedron (Hand Signed by Mark Ryden), 2015
Offset Lithograph poster (hand signed by Mark Ryden)
Hand signed by artist on lower right front for the present owner.
20 × 16 inches
Unframed
This Mark Ryden offset lithograph poster was published on the occasion of his exhibition at the Paul Kasmin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mark Ryden Art
Materials
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Hardback monograph: The Gay 90's (Hand signed by Mark Ryden)
By Mark Ryden
Located in New York, NY
Mark Ryden
The Gay 90's (Hand signed by Mark Ryden), 2013
Hardback monograph (hand signed by Mark Ryden)
Boldy signed by Mark Ryden
12 1/4 × 9 1/4 × 1 inches
This elegant hardback monograph with illustrated covers and no dust jacket, as issued, was signed by the artist for the present owner at the exhibition "Mark Ryden: Dodecahedron" at the Paul Kasmin Gallery on December 10, 2015.
It makes an excellent gift!
Publisher : Rizzoli; First Edition (April 16, 2013)
Hardcover : 146 pages with color illustrations
Publisher's blurb:
Celebrated Pop Surrealist artist Mark Ryden’s newest body of work, presented in this book for the first time. Crowned "the high prince of Lowbrow," Mark Ryden has become a fixture of the contemporary alternative art movement. In his newest work, Mark Ryden: The Gay 90’s, the artist casts...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mark Ryden Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset, Board
The Star
By Mark Ryden
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"The Star"
2004
by Mark Ryden & Marion Peck
Oil on Wood
Signed by both artists
Custom Framed
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Mark Ryden Pinxit
By Mark Ryden
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fuzzy bunnies, big-eyed girls, meat, magic and mystery.
Mark Ryden’s carnival of curiosities.
Collector’s edition: No. 51–1,050.
Limited to 1,000 individually numbered copies,...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mark Ryden Art
Yuki the Young Yak Signed and Numbered Print
By Mark Ryden
Located in Draper, UT
Mark Ryden is a celebrated American artist who was born in 1963. He is known for his surreal, nostalgic, and at times, disturbing artwork. He draws inspiration from various sources, including pop culture, classical art, and fairy tales. Mark Ryden's work has been exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery. His work is highly sought-after and revered by art collectors all over the world.
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Category
2010s Mark Ryden Art
Materials
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2 part invitation forming a 3-D Dodecahedron Hand signed by Mark Ryden at Kasmin
By Mark Ryden
Located in New York, NY
Mark Ryden
2 part invitation forming a 3-D Dodecahedron (hand signed by Mark Ryden), 2016
Offset lithograph invitation
Hand signed by Mark Ryden
6 1/2 in diameter
Ingeniously desig...
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2010s Surrealist Mark Ryden Art
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Lithograph, Offset, Permanent Marker
Mark Ryden - BABY BOS - BLUSH. Limited Ed. Vinyl Figure Surrealism Lowbrow Pink
By Mark Ryden
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Mark Ryden - BABY BOS - BLUSH
Date of creation: 2022
Medium: Vinyl figure
Edition: 500
Size: 15.25 cm height
Condition: In mint conditions, brand new inside its original package
Desc...
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2010s Other Art Style Mark Ryden Art
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MARK RYDEN - YUKI THE YOUNG YAK (WHITE) Limited Surrealism Lowbrow Art Design
By Mark Ryden
Located in Madrid, Madrid
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
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2010s Surrealist Mark Ryden Art
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Located in Madrid, Madrid
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Mark Ryden - BABY BOS - BLUSH. Limited Ed. Vinyl Figure Surrealism Lowbrow Pink
By Mark Ryden
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Mark Ryden - BABY BOS - BLUSH
Date of creation: 2022
Medium: Vinyl figure
Edition: 500
Size: 15.25 cm height
Condition: In mint conditions, brand new inside its original package
Description: Baby Bos was first created by Mark Ryden in 2020 for his show Aenima Animals at Emmanuel Perrotin's Gallery in Shanghai. Baby Bos has been reborn in an exclusive vinyl edition in 2022 in the same Plush colorway it was first conceived.
The figure comes in an exclusive custom package which has the authenticity label on the back with its numeration.
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...
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MARK RYDEN - YUKI THE YOUNG YAK (WHITE) Limited Surrealism Lowbrow Art Design
By Mark Ryden
Located in Madrid, Madrid
MARK RYDEN - YUKI THE YOUNG YAK (WHITE)
Date of creation: 2022
Medium: Plush and rubber
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Condition: Brand new, sent inside its custom box
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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.
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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.
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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...
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By Mark Ryden
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Mark Ryden - BABY BOS - BLUSH
Date of creation: 2022
Medium: Vinyl figure
Edition: 500
Size: 15.25 cm height
Condition: In mint conditions, brand new inside its original package
Description: Baby Bos was first created by Mark Ryden in 2020 for his show Aenima Animals at Emmanuel Perrotin's Gallery in Shanghai. Baby Bos has been reborn in an exclusive vinyl edition in 2022 in the same Plush colorway it was first conceived.
The figure comes in an exclusive custom package which has the authenticity label on the back with its numeration.
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...
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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.
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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...
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Mark Ryden art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Mark Ryden art available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Mark Ryden in plastic, lithograph, offset print and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the Surrealist style. Not every interior allows for large Mark Ryden art, so small editions measuring 2 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Ernst Neizvestny, Joseph Cornell, and Fiona Morley. Mark Ryden art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $700 and tops out at $295,000, while the average work can sell for $1,197.