ETHAN RYMAN | WAITING ROOM

February 11 - March 15, 2024

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I make photo-sculptural and sculptural objects that present a duality of two and three- dimensional perception. My art is the result of detailed thinking about how we perceive space and time and how we use a system of divisions and demarcation to describe the universe.

I use photographic images, drawings, paintings, video, and sculptural constructions to make works that show choices in spatial perception, between two-dimensions and three, between representation and abstraction, exploring how we interpret three-dimensional space. Where one plane meets another is often a starting point for my explorations of flattening. My work creates situations that make three-dimensional space irrelevant. The convergent planes are found in the architecture and infrastructure around us, as well as in sculptural constructions that I make.

Ethan Ryman was born New York City, attended Carnegie Mellon University, New School For Social Research / Eugene Lang College, New School Jazz and Contemporary Music Conservatory Program. Prior to making artwork, Ethan engineered albums for Wu-Tang Clan, Masta Ace, Method Man, O’l Dirty Bastard, and others. His art career began in 2011 when he was included in Serra Sabuncuoglu’s group show, A Place To Which We Can Come, at the St. Cecilia Convent in Greenpoint and was selected for Tomorrow’s Stars at the Verge art fair, Brooklyn. Since then, he has shown at DC Moore, Friedman Gallery, Locust Projects Miami, and most recently in four iterations of the Brooklyn Rail’s Singing in Unison. His ongoing Instagram piece, @titan_of_leisure, is available online with @ethanrymanstudio.