BROOKLYN STREET ART LOVES YOU MORE EVERY DAYRyan Ford
Don’t Try To Play Me Like An Indoor Sport
A Solo Exhibition Featuring Ryan Ford
Opening reception, Friday, October 21st from 7pm-10pm
Bushwick resident & known hyper surreal oil painter Ryan Ford will have his first solo showing in New York City at Factory Fresh. New lavish painted environments from other dimensions will greet the viewers and unfold throughout the space. An artist known for comic symbolic abstraction, Ford delves a bit deeper into his psyche while titillating the mind with streaks of quiet violence and provocative tranquility.
Currently residing in NYC since 2006, Ryan after graduating from The Savannah College of Art and Design had no interest in city life. He instead chose to move to the quiet mountain town of Asheville, North Carolina, home of The Black Mountain college. There he spent the next four years living in an old feed factory with a crew of like minded artists where they collectively curated art shows and performances. Then in 2006 he opened the door to two photographers from the New York Times asking him if they could shoot photos of him in his studio where upon he said, “hell yes,” and ended up in a two page spread in the New York Times Style Magazine. At this years 2011 TED X Conference Ryan Ford’s recent commission was presented.
Ryan’s original inspirations derive from 15th-17th century Sienese paintings to Philip Guston, Francis Bacon, to pop culture video games. At first glance many describe Ryan Ford’s most recent paintings and sculptures as colorful and playful, however with closer inspection will reveal ideas based on the collective fear of a collapsing economy, the continual insensitivity and abuse to the delicate nature of our ecosystem, further proving we are the only species on this planet that take more than what they need. These serious topics and themes never without a mix of humor, pure absurdity and ridiculousness.
Don’t Try To Play Me Like An Indoor Sport, on view October 21-November 20th
Factory Fresh is located at 1053 Flushing Avenue between Morgan and Knickerbocker,
off the L train Morgan Stop
Other Articles You May Like from BSA:
BSA Images Of The Week: 01.24.16
Happy blizzard weekend New York! Who knew it would be so much fun to run free literally in the streets thanks to a travel ban on all non-emergency cars. It's a bit of genius really, because if you...
BSA Film Friday: 11.11.16
Our weekly focus on the moving image and art in the streets. And other oddities.
Now screening :
1. Panmela Castro: "Porquê?"
2. Louis Masai: The Art Of Beeing - Detroit. From Wheres-Ko...
BSA Top Stories As Picked by You from BSA and HuffPost in 2015
You picked them!
Last week you saw the Top Murals and the Top Videos. Today here are our Top Stories of 2015.
BSA readers told us by your direct comments and online sharing – that you love our cover...
BSA Images Of The Week: 08.18.24
Welcome to BSA's Images of the Week, where we take you on a tour to see what has been popping up on the streets of our fair city.
"Banksy unveils 7th piece of street art over last week in draw...
BSA Images Of The Week: 05.03.15
We've been seeing an increase in the number of politically charged pieces showing up in the street lately. It is no surprise given the rise in marches and demonstrations and discussions in our c...
