Mark Ryden – författare

Readers traverse Mark Ryden's vast wintry landscapes into the frigid domain of the majestic Snow Yak, gracefully depicted within this deluxe large-format hardcover from Ryden's acclaimed Japanese Snow Yak Show. The works were originally shown at the prestigious Tomio Koyama Gallery in Tokyo in February 2009. This collection follows Mark Ryden's acclaimed The Tree Show (Last Gasp, 2009 - available from Turnaround), based on his hugely successful Los Angeles exhibition.

Mark Ryden’s Yakalina Secrets is the wondrous second installment in the artist’s incredible gallery of creatures.Foreword by Takashi MurakamiIn his Pacific Northwest studio during the isolation of COVID-19, Mark Ryden began a series of his iconic half-animal, half-plush creatures that further explored his reverence for these beings, who are guides through a landscape of the unknown.The figures in these paintings are neither human nor animal, they are spiritual entities that create a bridge between the human and animal worlds in which so much disharmony exists.This book features all of the original portraits of Ryden’s mysterious and mythical creatures. The resulting gallery of enchanted characters embodies the artist’s meticulously realized signature blend of archetype, kitsch, and narrative mysticism.Mark Ryden’s Yakalina Secrets features works from two of the artist’s exhibitions, organized in collaboration with Emmanuel Perrotin and Kasmin Gallery: Animal Secrets in Paris and Yakalina 9 in Tokyo.

Crowned the “godfather of pop surrealism,” Mark Ryden is followed and adored by millions of fans. Contained in this set are 24 collector postcards of his most famous paintings.