If You Nose You Nose, 2021
Ryan Travis Christian

Print : ink, Screen Print

55.9 x 76.2 cm 22 x 30 inch

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Numbered and limited to 15 copies

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Hand-signed by artist

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Dimensions cm inch

55.9 x 76.2 cm 22 x 30 inch Height x Width x Depth

Framing

White wood frame

Artwork dimensions including frame

61 x 81.3 cm 24 x 32 inch


Artwork sold in perfect condition

Artwork location: United States

Medium: Gouache and silkscreen ink on woven paper
Edition: From a series of 10 unique works + 3 A.P. & 2 P.P.
Notes: Hand Signed and Numbered by the Artist. Published by Variable Editions. Artwork is in excellent condition.

If You Nose You Nose is a classic image in which some of those subjects are wrapped up inside vintage political cartoons and hand-drawn animation aesthetics. Depicting a bag of powdery substance in a creative delirium, holding a palette in one hand and a brush in another, the screen-printed image can be seen as a commentary on the influence of drugs in creative expression. But, with different drawings on the reference picture and the blank canvas, Christian pushes the narrative of the works to different, oftentimes unexpecting spheres.
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Ryan Travis Christian, If You Nose You Nose
United States  • 1983

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Ryan Travis Christian's 1990s suburban Chicago upbringing offered up absurd experiences, which he uses as fuel for the surreal personal narratives in his pop-culture-influenced graphite drawings.

Impacted by Chicago-style figuration, Christian focuses on the paradoxical relationship between childish cartoons and ominous messages, musing on the technological and material obsolescence of his inspiration. Vintage political cartoons and hand-drawn animation influence Christian's detailed vignettes—namely from Ub Iwerks, George Condo, and the Hairy Who—Christian comes to terms with his sources' sordid pasts while embracing their richness and flavor.

Christian carefully and densely layers graphite to reveal high contrast graphics and dizzying patterns; wiggly figures are rendered in slow motion, living among hazy landscapes and melting fences. He exposes the untidy lifestyle of contemporary humanity through a vast array of topics and imagery; the economy, the environment, gender, class, hope, and doubt are contemplated with drugs, heavy petting, alcohol, violence, depression, death, and the afterlife.

Christian's recent work has expanded to comment on current nationwide and worldwide crises: his historical precedents become mirrors reflecting the common concerns of the present. Text is prevalent in Christian's work, coming mostly from personal notes-to-self about conversations or encounters that have stuck around long enough to remain relevant to him and keep up to the caliber of his source.

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