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 his skewed perspective toward the turn of the nineteenth century with such creepy yet beautiful works as a portrait of Abraham Lincoln dressed in foppish 1890s fashion and surrounded with a heavenly nimbus, Jesus Christ playing a pink piano for an audience of kewpie triplet girls, and a Gibson girl in a tight corset constructed entirely of meat. With masterful painting technique and disquieting content, Ryden’s newest paintings display his fascination with the earnest kitsch found in popular art of the end of the 1800s, yet reinforces how his paintings now more than ever are a skewering of both historical and current pop cultural touchstones. Ryden’s visual cues range from cryptic to cute, balancing his compositions between nostalgic cliché and disturbing archetype. This book showcases his talent for creating paintings that marry accessibility and technique with visceral resonance and sociocultural relevance, making it easy to see why he garners the ardent attention of museums, critics, and serious collectors alike.

Mark Ryden: The Gay '90s

Arts & Photography

Amanda Erlanson

Mark Ryden

History & Criticism

Rizzoli

A collection of the works of Mark Ryden. Features works prior to the Tree Show, including Blood, Sweat, Tears, and The Creatrix. A survey of 55 of Ryden s most impressive works from past shows to the present. A gem of a book, presented in a beautiful hardcover, clothbound format. Text in Japanese.

FUSHIGI CIRCUS (English and Japanese Edition)

Individual Artists

Last Gasp

This catalogue was published to coincide with the Mark Ryden Bunnies and Bees art exhibit held at the Earl McGrath Gallery in New York City from November 8th through December 14th, 2001, as well as the Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana, California from January 5th through February 24, 2002. It contains an essay by Mark Ryden entitled Tracing the Connections Between Bunnies, Bees, and Abe Lincoln and color plate examples of the art series': The Last Rabbit, The Magic Circus, YHWH, Little Boy Blue, The Ringmaster, Puella Animo Aureo, Jessica's Hope, and, Sophia's Mercurial Water.

Mark Ryden: Bunnies and Bees

Porterhouse Fine Art Editions

"Blood" by Mark Ryden, a miniature exhibition book. Includes details and drawings of paintings from "Blood" exhibited at Earl McGrath Gallery. Distressed leather-like embossed soft cover. Smyth sewn binding, Ninety two pages. Limited printing of 20,000 books (This book will not be reprinted). Each book is individually numbered. Book Size: 2 1/2" x 3 1/2"

Mark Ryden: Blood - Miniature Paintings of Sorrow & Fear

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Crafts & Hobbies

The BLOOD Exhibition Book -- 2nd Edition features details, drawings, and paintings from Mark Ryden's 2003 "Blood" solo exhibition at Earl McGrath Gallery. The 110-page, hard bound book is larger than the previous edition and contains 16 additional pages.

Blood

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

PORTERHOUSE

Fuzzy bunnies, big-eyed girls, meat, magic and mystery Mark Ryden's carnival of kitsch. 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 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 Ryden's

Mark Ryden: Pinxit

Taschen America, LLC

Fushigi Circus (Japanese Edition)

P.I.E. Books

The Snow Yak Show

Ronald E. Turner, San Franci

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