Mark Ryden: Cámara de las maravillas

Pop surrealist Mark Rydens work is characterised by doll-faced figures, anatomical models, stuffed animals, religious ephemera, Americana kitsch, and copious amounts of meat. Published with his first retrospective exhibition in Europe, at the CAC Málaga, this catalogue reproduces numerous of his canvases, along with several sculptures, in an attempt to summarise and clarify his complex and unsettling world. The Los Angeles artists meticulously detailed and embellished paintings reflect an oeuvre which fluctuates between the enigmatic and the beautiful pictorial fantasies with a clear juxtaposition of childhood innocence and the mysterious and dark corners of the soul.