Will Ryman

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Will Ryman (born 1969) is an artist living in New York City.[1] He creates "crude, comically monstrous sculptural creatures"[2] and installations made from papier-mâché.

[edit] Life and Work

Will Ryman was born in New York City, the son of artist Robert Ryman.[2]

Ryman makes large-scale figurative sculpture based on urban scenes. He uses a range of materials including paper mache, magic sculpt, brass chains and copper tubing. Ryman's work ranges in size from 4 to 20 feet tall. His largest work "Bed" is 330 inches in length.[3]

His work has been in numerous exhibitions including Greater New York 2005, at P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center[4], the 2007 Invitational Exhibition at The American Academy of Arts and Letters, Flower Power at Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, NYC, New Sculpture at Galerie Bernd Kluser, Munich, and Tuesday Afternoon at Marlborough Gallery, NYC. His 96 x 180 x 330 inch installation Bed (2007) will be included in the forthcoming show The Shape of Things to Come at the Saatchi Gallery, London. [5]

His work is held in the collection of the Farnsworth Art Museum[6] and Colby College Museum of Art.[7]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Will Ryman
  2. ^ a b Ken Johnson, The New York Times, July 2, 2004.
  3. ^ Marlborough catalog Ryman 2007
  4. ^ P.S. 1 Contemorary Art Center "Greater New York 2005" exhibition catalog
  5. ^ Shape Of Things To Come: New Sculpture
  6. ^ downeast.com
  7. ^ colby.edu

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