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Mark Ryden at PMQ in Hong Kong

Past exhibition
March 26 – April 4, 2018
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  • Quintessence 132 - Macro Dodecahedron is a sculptural work that continues Mark Ryden’s exploration of the dodecahedron as a unique geometric form with significant mathematical and philosophical resonance. The dodecahedron belongs to a small group of five geometric solids that share a simple set of parameters: the same polygon on every face, and the same number of faces at each vertex.
  • Quintessence 132 - Macro Dodecahedron installed at PMQ, Hollywood Garden, Hong Kong. Photo by Charles Roussel. (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Quintessence 132 - Macro Dodecahedron installed at PMQ, Hollywood Garden, Hong Kong. Photo by Charles Roussel. (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Quintessence 132 - Macro Dodecahedron installed at PMQ, Hollywood Garden, Hong Kong. Photo by Charles Roussel. (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Quintessence 132 - Macro Dodecahedron installed at PMQ, Hollywood Garden, Hong Kong. Photo by Charles Roussel. (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Quintessence 132 - Macro Dodecahedron installed at PMQ, Hollywood Garden, Hong Kong. Photo by Charles Roussel. (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Quintessence 132 - Macro Dodecahedron installed at PMQ, Hollywood Garden, Hong Kong. Photo by Charles Roussel. (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Quintessence 132 - Macro Dodecahedron installed at PMQ, Hollywood Garden, Hong Kong. Photo by Charles Roussel. (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
  • Following its installation at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre during the Hong Kong premier of Whipped Cream, the sculpture was on public display from March 26 to April 4, 2018, at PMQ in Central Hong Kong. Quintessence 132 - Macro Dodecahedron includes an array of brightly-colored icons, figures, and symbols on each of the pentagonal panels that form the solid. These symbols are dominated by the “all-seeing eye”, a recurring motif in the work of the artist.

    “The dodecahedron is a special geometric form, permeated with mystery and connotations of divinity. Even before I fully understood the significance of the dodecahedron, I was instinctively attracted to it, and it began to show up in my paintings. It is meaningful to me because it symbolizes a bridge between the physical world and the intangible realm.” - Mark Ryden

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    Mark Ryden
    Portrait by Christopher French.

    Mark Ryden

    Blending themes of pop culture with techniques reminiscent of the old masters, Mark Ryden has devised a singular style that blurs traditional boundaries. His work first garnered attention in the 1990s as he ushered in a new genre of painting, “Pop Surrealism,” which developed the scope and spirit of the 20th century surrealism by embellishing its vocabulary with contemporary cultural references.

    Ryden’s work exquisitely renders a universe replete with fantastical characters amid enchanted landscapes that embody the artist’s meticulously realized signature blend of archetype, kitsch, and narrative mysticism. Ryden’s modern mythologies inseparably interweave twin senses of comfort and menace. “Most of my work engages with the relationship between the physical world and the spiritual world,” he has said. His are scenes that exist in the ambiguous space between these two realms, in which nostalgia—and by extension memory, even death—are ever-present.

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