出生:
1978
居住地:
Los Angeles, California, USA
国籍:
American
基金:
Global
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简介
Los Angeles-based artist Ry Rocklen uses familiar found
objects, turning things such as cushions, clothing, furniture, and
wheels into elegant, though-provoking sculptures. Rocklen collects
eclectic detritus of contemporary American life to make poetic
artworks that are often both funny and touching, combining a
critique of mainstream culture and the American Dream with
sophisticated techniques and formal qualities. For a recent body of
work, he cast his entire wardrobe in porcelain and presented the
resulting sculptures as bas relief wall hangings. Other recent
works include Untitled Hummer Flat (2014), Rocklen’s bronze cast of
a flat Hummer tire and Bar Mitzvah (2014), his replica of the mens’
bathroom door at the Los Angeles bar The Mandrake that features all
of the door’s graffiti filled in with gold leaf. These sculptures
suggest an alchemical approach to art-making that emphasizes the
potential of creative gestures to transform objects with specific
personal and cultural meaning into universal totems.
Ry Rocklen was born in Los Angeles in 1978 and lives in Los
Angeles. Rocklen received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the
University of California, Los Angeles in 2001 and a Master of Fine
Arts from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles in
2006. One-person exhibitions of his work have been presented at the
Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA (2014);
and Visual Arts Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
(2010). His work has been included in group exhibitions such as
Murmurs: Recent Contemporary Acquisitions, Los Angeles County
Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (2013); Baker’s Dozen, Torrance Art
Museum, Torrance, CA (2012); Made in L.A. 2012, Hammer Museum, Los
Angeles, CA (2012); Nothing Beside Remains, LAND: Marfa, Los
Angeles, CA (2011); Second Nature: The Valentine-Adelson
Collection, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA (2009); Athens Bienniale
2009 HEAVEN, Athens, Greece (2009); That Was Then, This Was Now,
PS1, Long Island City, NY (2008); The Whitney Biennial, Whitney
Museum of American Art, New York, NY (2008); and Red Eye, The
Rubell Collection, Miami, FL (2006).
Ry Rocklen is represented in Los Angeles by Honor Fraser.
For additional information about this artist, visit Mutual Art
