Art of Mark Ryden : Anima Mundi

by Ryden, Mark

• ISBN13: 9780867195095
• ISBN10: 0867195096
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-10-01
• Publisher: Scb Distributors

Summary

Mark Ryden's paintings instantly trigger a warped deja vu. His work recalls a parallel universe of 1950s Golden Books and the whimsy of Lewis Carroll. His cheery bunnies, rendered in the glowing hues of children's books, are likely to be carving slabs of meat rather than frolicking in the forest. Ryden's work mingles superb technique with outre images to create a world of strange and disturbing beauty.

Table of Contents

Introduction	x
Anima Mundi	xii
The Magic Monkey	xv
Paintings	1	(104)
The Meat Show	3	(2)
Balloon Boy	5	(2)
The Butcher Bunny	7	(2)
The Meat Train	9	(2)
Clear Hearts, Grey Flowers	11	(2)
H & G	13	(2)
Santa Worm	15	(2)
Jimi Hendrix	17	(2)
Slayer	19	(2)
The Angel of Meat	21	(1)
The Pumpkin President	22	(3)
Christina	25	(2)
Inside Sue	27	(2)
The Ecstasy of Cecelia	29	(2)
Little Star	31	(2)
The Debutante	33	(4)
A Dog Named Jesus	37	(2)
The Ox Suckling Romulus and Remus	39	(1)
Snow White	40	(3)
Princess Sputnik	43	(4)
The Birth of Venus	47	(2)
Madonna and Child	49	(2)
Tubbies	51	(2)
Leonardo DiCaprio	53	(2)
Good Luck	55	(2)
Saint Barbie	57	(2)
Freaks	59	(2)
Uncle Black	61	(2)
Jasper Ridin'	63	(2)
Jajo, Patron Saint of Clowns	65	(1)
The Birth	66	(5)
The Meat Magi	71	(2)
Dead Characters	73	(2)
Just the Girls	75	(2)
Their Sympathetic Majesties Request	77	(2)
Swap Meet Man	79	(2)
The Mad Hatter	81	(2)
Time Takes Time	83	(2)
Monster	85	(2)
mac Phisto	87	(2)
Bjork	89	(2)
Corkey Ascending to the Heavens	91	(2)
Uncle Anesthesia	93	(2)
Third Matinee	95	(2)
Tiki God	97	(2)
Thirteen	99	(2)
The Earth, a Small Man, His Dog and a Chicken	101	(2)
Spectaculum Carnis	103	(2)
Drawings	105	(10)
The Player (Sketch)	106	(1)
The Reader (Sketch)	107	(2)
Cecelia (Sketch)	109	(2)
The Meat Magi (Sketch)	111	(2)
Just the Girls (Sketch)	113	(2)
Inspirations	115	(16)
Abraham Lincoln	117	(1)
Colonel Sanders	117	(2)
Meat	119	(1)
Meat Market	120	(3)
Toys	123	(2)
Bunnies	125	(1)
Long Gone John	126	(3)
Jasper and Rosie	129	(2)
Biography	131	(1)
Exhibitions	132	(1)
Special Thanks	133	(1)
Credits	134