Cordy Ryman
Cordy Ryman (b.1971, New York City), is represented by DCKT Contemporary in New York City. Internationally, Cordy Ryman has exhibited at the Esbjerg Museum of Modern Art in Esbjerg, Denmark, the Roger Raveel Museum in Deinze, Belgium as well as in Sweden, Germany, and Canada.[1].
[edit] Artist Statement
‘I work in two basic modes - one when I’m simply working in the studio without a specific process in mind. The process dictates its own direction and evolution. My goal is to create work that has its own life. Sometimes I refer back to other pieces or ideas and sometimes I refer to the materiality of the ingredients I use.
The second mode in which I work is more architectural and sometimes site specific in nature. When working in this way, I am either working with a specific space (specific homes or gallery etc) in mind or a more generic space like the corner of a room. I often use photos and measurements of a space as a reference. I respond to the unique aspects of a space (in 3d) much as I would respond to unique elements on a 2d plane when painting…The space itself becomes like the canvas – and I go with what is there and make something happen.
For me art is a living thing and almost grows like weeds to occupy whatever space is at hand (using weeds in the most positive sense mind you). I don’t see abstraction as rigid but rather as organic and free flowing. I see my work as having an expressive, playful and self referential aspect to it. I’m aware that I am playing with and manipulating an inherited language and in some sense, defining myself in relation to it.’[2]
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