Visual Junkies

Matthew Ronay “When Two Are In One” at Pérez Art Museum

“Best known for his sculptural work, Ronay creates beautifully crafted objects from wood, fabric, and clay, which range in scale from small free-standing and wall-based sculptures to immersive installations. He draws out the totemic and surreal qualities of objects through his distinctive use of form and color, which conjure traditions of non-western art making and American folk art, as well as spirituality and psychedelia.” 

XRAY

XRAY is primarily known for his colorful and layered painted, wooden cut-outs, as well as for his vibrant, tropical inspired paintings. XRAY often references advertising art from the 1950's to the 1990's with nods to current pop culture and vintage skateboard graphics.

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Mario Martinez Mars-1

The artist signature style of vast, abstracted, quasi-extraterrestrial looking landscapes feature imagery of surreal distortions, contained within spherically convex transparent bubbles.

Esao Andrews Art

Swim into the surreal fairy darkness of ‪#‎EsaoAndrews‬. His artwork mix a gothic grotesque surrealism that instantly evokes a nostalgic feeling.

The work of Mark Ryden

Ryden’s vocabulary ranges from cryptic to cute, treading a fine line between nostalgic cliché and disturbing archetype. Seduced by his infinitely detailed and meticulously glazed surfaces, the viewer is confronted with the juxtaposition of the childhood innocence and the mysterious recesses of the soul.Ornately carved frames lend the paintings a baroque exuberance that adds gravity to their enigmatic themes.

Shifting States by Sophie Derrick Art

The work of ‪#‎SophieDerrick‬ incorporates the two mediums of painting and photography. The materiality and substance of paint, with her interest through photography, creating a juxtaposition of the two mediums. She photograph the act of painting on to her skin and then paint on top of the photographs, creating a layering of image of paint and painted image. The body becomes both object and subject in the work.

The Mother Road Series by Hayley Eichenbaum

Minimalist, color block, pastels on a kind of cute kind of nostalgic road landscapes. Learn more about Eichenbaum sublime aesthetic through her sculpture, design, engineering, live performance and photography works.

Spencer Tunick

A New York photographer, that stages scenes in which the battle of nature against culture is played out against various backdrops, from civic center to desert sandstorm, man and woman are returned to a preindustrial, pre-everything state of existence.