Facing an Abyssal Sea print

"Facing an Abyssal Sea"
Limited Edition 10/10
Archival print on German Etching Paper
15 x 12''
Printed by Iolabs
$100.00

OUT OF PRINT (SORRY)

Ryan Pierce

Ryan is one of the most amazing painters i know right now. His work is beautiful and thought provoking and he is having an opening this friday at Lisa Dent in San Francisco. If you're around this is bound to be a stellar exhibition.
i'll see you there for sure.


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Lisa Dent Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of "Army of No One," drawings, paintings and mixed media by Ryan Pierce.

This project is a continuation of an ongoing concern with the relationship of humankind to the network of natural systems that supports us. These new works combine the artist's interest in environmental activism with a deep-seated distrust for the military and the appropriation of military culture in radical political movements. "Army of No One" features eight new paintings as well as related works.

A pair of interactive, drawing-based projects invites gallery visitors first to de-enlist from the US military empire, and to then join an anonymous coalition of "Terra-ists." A woodblock print on fabric reading, "I Will Never Serve" is available free to those who take an oath of refusal from the US military. A mock tattoo studio replaces traditional 'flash' with drawings from the artist's personal lexicon: a selection of eco-centric, anti-nationalist, and future-primitive symbols.

Participants are invited to take an original drawing with the understanding that they will get it tattooed on their body. Tattoos, long a symbol of military status, are used here to signify enlistment in an army against armies, and subscription to a value system that rejects the American military-industrial empire.

Pierce received his BFA from the Oregon College of Art & Craft and his MFA from the California College of the Arts. His work has been exhibited nationally and is currently included in "XXL," an international survey of large-scale painting at the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Arts (Peekskill, NY). In 2007 he received a Cadogan award from the San Francisco Foundation and an MFA Grant from the Joan Mitchell Foundation. He will be included in a group exhibition at the CUE Foundation in New York in June of this year.
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