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Mark Ryden's new painting: Awakening The Moon

David Pescovitz at 12:19 pm Fri, Oct 8, 2010

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“Awakening the Moon,” a magnificent new painting by Mark Ryden on exhibition at London's Frieze Art Fair, Oct 14-17. (Thanks, Kirsten Anderson!)

David Pescovitz is Boing Boing's co-editor/managing partner. He's also a research director at Institute for the Future. On Instagram, he's @pesco.

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Art

I’m just crazy about Mr. Ryden’s work. Thanks for the great post!
Vanwall

His work is so amazing when you see it in a gallery or show – it’s even more awesome, full of whimsical and disturbing details.
Nadreck

With my favourite character from The Phantom Toll Booth, the Dodecahedron!

My faces are many,
My sides are not few,
I’m a dodecahedron…..
And what are you?
Anonymous

I had never heard of Mark Ryden until recently when I stumbled across this YouTube video, where someone has matched up Mark Ryden paintings with music from Death in June’s “Little Blue Butterfly”. The resulting combination is delightfully creepy and spooky, perfect for the upcoming Halloween season:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuVj61dERM4