The Art of Mark Ryden: Anima Mundi

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Mark Rydens 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 childrens books are likely to be carving slabs of meat rather than frolicking in the forest. Rydens work mingles superb technique with outre images to create a world of strange and disturbing beauty. At once intriguing and unsettling baffling and enchanting Rydens 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