Mark Ryden: The Gay '90s
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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. Review: Mark Ryden is a beautiful genius!! - I've waited a long time to see this collection called The Gay 90's, and I can only say that I was smiling the entire time as I looked through this last night, I mean I was GIDDY!!! I'd never heard of Mark Ryden until about 5 years ago...some new friends came to my apartment and saw how I decorated and knew I would love his work. They were so right. Kitsch has never been so beautiful and hilarious as when this man shares on canvas what his mind sees. I feel incredibly lucky to own a copy of this book, I hope there are enough copies to satisfy all his fans. Thanks desertcart!!! Review: A Fine Art Catalog - Seller is legit, this book was mint and has increased in value throughout the years. Sentimentally if you are into obscure fine art books pick it up.
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| Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 91 Reviews |
F**E
Mark Ryden is a beautiful genius!!
I've waited a long time to see this collection called The Gay 90's, and I can only say that I was smiling the entire time as I looked through this last night, I mean I was GIDDY!!! I'd never heard of Mark Ryden until about 5 years ago...some new friends came to my apartment and saw how I decorated and knew I would love his work. They were so right. Kitsch has never been so beautiful and hilarious as when this man shares on canvas what his mind sees. I feel incredibly lucky to own a copy of this book, I hope there are enough copies to satisfy all his fans. Thanks Amazon!!!
K**R
A Fine Art Catalog
Seller is legit, this book was mint and has increased in value throughout the years. Sentimentally if you are into obscure fine art books pick it up.
L**I
Fascinating Coffee Table Book!
I found this book in Paris a few weeks before it was released in the US. I couldn't put it down even though it was all in French (which I don't speak). I was happy to be able to order it in English on Amazon. It is one of the most creative art books I've seen in recent times.Weeks later and I'm still captivated by it!
A**A
Love Love Love!
Mark Ryden's art is amazing and the quality of the images is beautiful. The only thing I don't understand about art or photography books is why do they always make a double or triple spread and the image gets "cut" in the middle cause is spread in 2 different pages, you end up loosing detail and it's very unconfortable to see.
K**E
Surrealism at it's finest
This is a well put together piece of work. The binding and the pages are of great material, and the colors just seem to pop the way I believe Mark Ryden wanted them to. This is a great purchase that I was debating over for some time, and I am glad that I did eventually decided that I need to have this adorning my shelves.
T**E
Five Stars
Love everything about the book. Visually stunning with close ups and insights to Ryden's surreal, provocative paintings
S**H
My favorite visual artist
I love Mark Ryden's art! Visual artists are in a league of their own. My mother in law is a painter and it is amazing how detailed everything has to be to make the piece and how delicate every brush stroke is. This particular book is my favorite of Ryden's. It's bigger and the subject matter is a lot more interesting.. If you like him check out Camille Rose Garcia and Elizabeth McGrath. Both of them have books on Amazon which are really great too.
C**O
Beautiful Book!
This is a beautiful book. It is GIGANTIC and chalk full of Ryden's work, past and present. It arrived with about 30 pages torn in the middle of the book, approximately 1/4" deep and 1" long, like the pages were squashed with large pliers. I didn't want to deal with returning the book, but yours might be shipped torn too? For the price and for the Work inside, this is a MUST have for Mark Ryden fans new and old. If it wasn't torn, I'd give it 5 STARS.
T**T
Tolle Bilder in wunderbarer Qualität
Tolle Bilder in wunderbarer Qualität. Wer auf Mark Ryden steht muss sich dieses Bildband kaufen. Ich habe mich wahnsinnig darüber gefreut :-)
P**2
見ごたえがあります
不思議サーカスもこのくらいの大きさの版で出していただきたかったなあ。グロテスクだけどマークライデンの描く女の子は皆かわいいんですよね。
A**L
le dernier album de MR 2017
j'ai acheté cet album sans savoir vraiment le contenu , plutôt au nombre de pages et avis, mais je cherchais plutôt une retrospective des divers themes de l'artiste, or, il s'agit de ses dernieres peintures et esquisses de 2017 j'ai recommandé l'album "pinxit" qui retrace l'ensemble de ses tableaux les plus connus entre "bunnies et bees et tree show" en complement celui ci contient un peu de lecture sur l'artiste (en anglais) et pas que des images,ce qui est aussi interessant
F**S
Acabamento perfeito
Assim como o trabalho de Ryden, o acabamento do livro é impressionante. Uma peça de colecionador.
A**R
Great book of art
Love it
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