- Will Ryman
Will Ryman (born 1969) is an artist living in New York City. [ [http://www.marlboroughgallery.com/artists/ryman/bio.html Will Ryman ] ] He creates "crude, comically monstrous sculptural creatures" [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9402E7D61138F931A35754C0A9629C8B63 Ken Johnson, "The New York Times", July 2, 2004.] ] and installations made from
papier-mâché .Life and Work
Will Ryman was born in New York City, the son of artist
Robert Ryman .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. [Marlborough catalog Ryman 2007]
His work has been in numerous exhibitions including "Greater New York 2005", at
P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center [P.S. 1 Contemorary Art Center "Greater New York 2005" exhibition catalog] , the 2007 Invitational Exhibition atThe 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 theSaatchi Gallery , London. [ [http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/sculpture/ Shape Of Things To Come: New Sculpture ] ]His work is held in the collection of the
Farnsworth Art Museum [ [http://www.downeast.com/Calendar/index.php?view=view_event&itm=1057 downeast.com] ] and Colby College Museum of Art. [ [http://www.colby.edu/academics_cs/museum_of_art/exhibitions/contemporary-art-at-the-colby-college-museum-of-art.cfm colby.edu] ]References
External links
* [http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/will_ryman.htm Will Ryman at the Saatchi Gallery]
* [http://www.brooklynrail.org/2007/12/art/will Brooklyn Rail Profile on Will Ryman]
* [http://www.marlboroughgallery.com/artists/ryman/artwork.html Will Ryman at Marlborough Gallery]
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