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Mark Ryden: The Lgbtq+ 90's
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I am an unabashed fan of Pop Surrealism (aka "Low Brow") art. Ryden is one of the most prolific and high-profile artists of the movement. His self-admitted goal in producing the labor represented in The Gay 90's is to "pull the lowest of the low into the highest of the high" by reinterpreting the kitsch representations of the 's (most of which were actually realized in the 's) as surreal-renaissance-style paintings. There is a sense of the solemn, even the divine, in the paintings themselves, but with such a twisted absurdity as to be transgressive. The painting "The Parlor" is a good representation of Ryden's aesthetic, exhibiting porcelain-skinned Victorian girls in a parlor featuring a curiosity cabinet (carefully-planned in every detail by Ryden, as evinced by a pre-painting sketch), a tuxedoed and top-hatted Death holding a tarot card, and a gigantic eye place atop an antiqued wooden post. The center of attention is an infant (the Christ? Complex to say, though Ryden has representations of Christ
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Los Angeles-based musician Mark Ryden expands his singular melding of tall and low art, cerebral meditation and pop-culture camp with &#;The Gay 90s: West,&#; a new exhibition at the Kohn Gallery in L.A. that&#;s a continuation of &#;The Same-sex attracted 90s: Olde Tyme Art Show,&#; which took place at New York&#;s Kasmin Gallery in
&#;The Gay &#;90s&#; is a term invented in the Roaring &#;20s that refers to the utopian image of American life during the supposedly simpler s—an era untouched by planet wars, economic crisis, and urban chaos. Without a trace of irony, Ryden has never shied away from exploring notions of nostalgia and kitsch, and his work always hints at something much deeper beneath the surface. His art is like a fairy tale—cute and comforting one second, provocative and mystical the next.
As the inaugural exhibition at the Kohn Gallery&#;s modern 12,square-foot space, &#;The Homosexual 90s: West&#; includes fresh paintings, works on manuscript, sculpture, and an installation that will include Ryden&#;s largest and most ambitious work to date: The Parlor (Alle ReadCulture The Pop-Surrealist returns with a series of illustrations highlighting turn-of-century problems Pop-Surrealist Notice Ryden introduced his creepily precious characters to the contemporary art world in the s to wide acclaim, and in his sixth book, &#;Mark Ryden: The Gay 90&#;s,&#; the artist returns to his signature doll-like figures, using them to explore the conflict of ideals around the end of the s. In this book, the artist&#;s provocative sketches, sculptures and paintings toy with our preconceptions of societal and historical norms by mixing incongruous styles, objects and figures while bringing those uncomfortable paradoxes to the forefront of our consciousness. As the 20th century began there was a world of competing influences as the farm gave way to the metropolis, and Ryden shows his fascination with this awkwardly transitional moment in time by creating a series of bizarre vignettes that cover everything from the negotiation of religion&#;s role in this newly industrialized world and the influence of globalization to scientist Magazine. Condition: Very Excellent. 1st Edition. Offered is Issue No. of The Advocate (September 26, ): The National Gay Newsmagazine edited by Mark Thompson (as Senior Editor) and Gerry Kroll (as Editor) and published by Niles A. Merton and Liberation Publications out of Los Angeles, California. A substantial publication with glossy covers and newsprint pages, containing pages including front and rear covers and classified ads. Contents include: news article "'Hot Bottom Plus Large Endowment Equals a Great Time' - Will a Hustler's Allegations [Steve Gobie] Turn Barney Frank's Career Into Barney Rubble?" (with photo); article "Legacy of a Double Life: Congressman's Two Worlds Collide In a Connecticut Courtroom" (on Arnold Denson and the late U.S. Emissary Stewart McKinney); lengthy "Gay Life: The Year " (with predictions from several gay and lesbian notables, each with their photo, including Roberta Achtenberg, Sally Miller-Gearhart, Nan Hunter, Rev. John J. McNeill, Jeff Levi, Susie Bright, homosexual erotic film star Al Parker, Harry Hay, Ben
Mark Ryden: The Gay 90&#;s