“I want to breathe the life in my paintings”, one of the phrases of the famous and prestigious American painter Mark Ryden, referring for all admirer of the pop surrealism. It was born the 20 of January of (1963) in Medford (Oregon), but was bred in California. It has two brothers and two sisters.
It studied illustration and one graduated in the “Art Center College or Design”, Pasadena (1987). It made debut with the collection: “The Meat Show” in Pasadena (1988).
Known at first by its disc covers for famous, such as: Ringo Star, Network Hot Chili Peppers, Jack Oll Jill or Michael Jackson. For Jackson it created the mythical title page of the album “Dangerous”.
Unique, creative artist of very particular and disturbing universes. Fascinated by the surrealism, the unconscious individual group gets passionate to him and.
According to the own artist the inspiration for its paintings comes to him of: pictures of the Bosco and Goya, books of old circuses, photos of insects, old photos of strange people, books on the space, medical illustrations, Nostradamus, Ken and Barbie, music of Sinatra and Debussy, the alchemy, masonry, buddhism and a long etc. that it seems not to finish.
It affirms that in the nocturnal hours it has the head exploding due to so many accumulated ideas, is not able to conciliate the dream. In its brain it mixes all, creating its particular universe. According to him it must have something of Alicia in the country of the wonders that fits with Charles Darwin. Think that the world is plagued of incredible things and wonderful and that is what tries to shape in its paintings.
When observing their creations one perhaps occur to account of their sickly obsession by the meat, filling their paintings of chuletas and portions of meat, equipping them with a singularity something repugnant. The artist affirms, “the life is a great illusion, we are creatures of pure energy and the meat is what it maintains whole numbers to us”.
Many are famous that appear in their paintings, like Leonardo Di Caprio, Cristina Ricci or Bjork, being in addition admiring his.
Also it has excited Robert de Niro, Bridget dark Fonda and to the Stephen King and Marilyn Manson.
Their pictures can reach the six hundred thousand dollars nowadays and twenty thousands by their miniatures of ten centimeters are gotten to pay about.
It has created several collections: “The Meat Show”, “Bunnies and Bees”, “The Three Show” or “Blood”.
Many are famous that appear in their paintings, like Leonardo Di Caprio, Cristina Ricci or Bjork, being in addition admiring his.
Also it has excited Robert de Niro, Bridget dark Fonda and to the Stephen King and Marilyn Manson.
Their pictures can reach the six hundred thousand dollars nowadays and twenty thousands by their miniatures of ten centimeters are gotten to pay about.
It has created several collections: “The Meat Show”, “Bunnies and Bees”, “The Three Show” or “Blood”.
This one last one is its tétrica and disturbing series. “Blood, paintings in miniature on desolation and fear”. In her it appears the blood like main plate, children who cry blood, bled rabbits… exactly the year ago one divorced and it separated of its children. Mark Ryden with respect to this said the following thing:
“He is brutal which your dreams are destroyed and that the hopes of your life and family become to a side, that cause a very deep pain. It seemed to me very peculiar that there was not blood in my trouble, seemed to me that with as much pain it would have to be bathed in blood. It wanted to be able to see my wounds but they were not in the surface of my meat”.
It has been exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide. This brilliant and talented artist deserves the given recognition. One of the more original and tenebrous contemporary painters, an example of how using a magnificent imagination and magically shaping it in each one of its works. Black humor and macabre dyes, all perfect stories of a nightmare.
Connection to its official Web: http://www.markryden.com/
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