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. “At once intriguing and unsettling, baffling and enchanting, [Ryden’s] works ... are subtle amalgams of many sources and influences as wide-ranging as Psychedelic and Vienna School artists Neon Park and Ernst Fuchs, to classical French formalists Ingres and David.” — Panik
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27 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A must have art book,
By Elvis-from-Hell (Fort Lauderdale, FL USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Art of Mark Ryden: Anima Mundi (Hardcover)
This is a great introduction to a visually arresting artist. If you like Juxtapoz type stuff, you'll love this book. But don't pay the crazy prices sellers are asking on ebay for this baby (I mean, they did print 10,000 of 'em - so how rare can it be?!?) but instead wait for the second printing which is suppose to be in the works.
21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
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intriguing work, irritating rarity,
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This review is from: The Art of Mark Ryden: Anima Mundi (Hardcover)
on a purely sensual level, it's hard not to be won over by mark ryden. he knows his way around the oil paints, and he's got style; he saturates his scenes in a soft hazy jurassic atmosphere suggestive of the nascent dreamlands of little golden books. strange juxtapositions of quaint and curious objects compell one's attention. but that's basically all there is to it: just a superficial hotch-pot of bunnies and bees and meat. when you read his (dare i say) rather pompous explanations of his pictures, in which he tries to apply deep metaphysical meaning to the bunnies and bees and meat, it's almost embarrassing. he'd be better off just saying "here it is, it's deliberately weird, enjoy its deliberate weirdness," rather than carefully explaining how his bunnies are cute and fuzzy allegories for transcendant qabalistic mysteries.the other thing is the fact that this is yet another art book deliberately released in a limited edition, so that anybody interested in his work has to go pay seven times its value on internet auctions to land a copy. i find that really irritating. i mean, there was a "deluxe" edition - why couldn't that have been the ridiculously limited and overpriced version, and then have the scaled-down version released in an edition large enough to meet the obvious demand? why no reprints? does mark not want my money? ok, i'm done now.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ryden makes my head spin and the world turn,
By Juliette Torrez (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Art of Mark Ryden: Anima Mundi (Hardcover)
This is the book so many Ryden fans have been wishing for! Perhaps it my affection for big-headed children or otherworldy pink skies that makes Ryden's work so wonderful to behold. His art transports me back to my childhood that was filled with smiling rubber animals, Barbies and the Colonel's chicken. I can't walk through the meat department of Safeway without thinking of Mark Ryden and grinning to myself. Even his monsters, mutants and oversized insects are as benign and charming as his portraits of Lincoln. It is a magical yet vaguely disturbing world Mark Ryden brings to life, full of bees, bunnies, his son Jasper and a dog named Jesus. Mark Ryden's work has appeared on the covers of Communication Arts, Juxtapoz art magazine and Rolling Stone. His art is currently on display at the Earl McGrath Gallery in NYC. ...
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