Archive for July 24, 2015

Artist of the moment…….Ryan Callahan also known as Ryca

 

 

Ryan Callanan is a London, England based Pop artist renown for his work with characters from the film franchise Star Wars and for making art using smiling happy faces.

In this clip we view many works by the artist:

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Ryca works a painter, print maker, and sculptor. As a sculptor he often works with cast resin. The artist has also worked as a graphics designer and his more recent work explores the fun that can be had with text and letters. He often uses the shapes of pub bar signs as background for his text.

In this clip we view an exhibition by Ryan Callanan that took place in 2014:

Below a link to the website of the artist:

http://www.ryca.net/

With his newer works that feature text Ryca’s work reminds me of another well known text artist, Stephen Powers.

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Artist of the moment……..Daniel Arsham

 

 

 

Daniel Arsham is a contemporary American sculptor. Daniel Arsham was born in Cleveland, Ohio in the year 1980. The artist attended Cooper College located in New York City.

The artist even captured the singer Pharrell Williams in a large body cast.

In this clip an interview; and sample of work by Daniel Arsham:

Arsham finds inspiration from architecture. Arsham makes inanimate architecture come to life by making in appear to be blowing in the wind.

Below a link to the website of the artist:

http://www.danielarsham.com/#page-2

Arsham has worked as a theater stage designer where he found great success.

The artist is based out of New York City. He works can be seen in Asia, Europe, North America, and South America.

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