Ryan Mulligan mines the best and worst memories of his life to create works that serve as private inventory drawers. Mulligan’s illustrative drawing style, pastel palette and cartoon-like use of line, reduce the severity of his subjects, casting them in a playful light. He often works at home; multi-tasking while watching television, cooking dinner, or playing on the ground with his son. The studio becomes an extension of the home, a playground for a stimulus junkie.
Ryan Mulligan: Inventories + Diagrams will feature drawings, paintings and sculptures that are in part inspired by the role fatherhood has taken in his everyday life. In many ways Mulligan’s new work is the creation of a special language with his son, Hobbs. The loops and swirls and semi-structures relate to the environments Hobbs frequents.
Ryan Mulligan: Inventories + Diagrams will feature drawings, paintings and sculptures that are in part inspired by the role fatherhood has taken in his everyday life. In many ways Mulligan’s new work is the creation of a special language with his son, Hobbs. The loops and swirls and semi-structures relate to the environments Hobbs frequents.
Opening reception Friday June 1st from 5-9pm
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