Can't wait to see his stuff when I'm back in the city!
Upon first glance Ryden’s work seems to mirror the Surrealists’ fascination with the subconscious and collective memories. However, Ryden transcends the initial Surrealists’ strategies by consciously choosing subject matter loaded with cultural connotation. His dewy vixens, cuddly plush pets, alchemical symbols, religious emblems, primordial landscapes and slabs of meat challenge his audience not necessarily with their own oddity but with the introduction of their soothing cultural familiarity into unsettling circumstances.
From his Meat Series...
The largest of the paintings, "The Tree of Life," (below)
sold for $800,000 before the exhibit opened.
Other notable work...
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