The iconic pop surrealist artist Mark Ryden designed the costumes and set for the American Ballet Theater's Whipped Cream. From an interview with Juxtapoz magazine about the ballet, Ryden stated that "The whole time I worked on it, I had in mind that I would also have an exhibition of my paintings and drawings from […]
Our pals at the excellent art magazine Hi-Fructose partnered with MOCA, which curated what appears to be an incredible pop surrealism retrospective opening next week at the Virginia Museum of contemporary Art. Last week, one of the commissioners on the Virginia Beach Arts and Humanities Commission saw a painting by renowned artist Mark Ryden and […]
"Fuzzy bunnies, big-eyed girls, meat, magic, and mystery." That's Taschen Books' capsule description of the things that artist Mark Ryden often includes in his surreal, cotton-candy-colored paintings. They did't include "Abraham Lincoln, snow, and candy," but that's OK. You'll figure that out on your own when you see the masterfully-rendered paintings in the pages of […]
