John Ritter "Worked Up"
The Art Bazaar / Lyons Wier Gallery Project Space
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Ritter's politically and emotionally charged works utilize the vernacular of the information age to create vibrant images of politics, celebrity, crime, and catastrophe.
By exposing the inherent anxiety of today's world, these subversive works fashion unseen relationships and contexts through
humor and clever juxtaposition. Ritter's works are simultaneously complex and accessible, offering new political as well as artistic
possibilities.
Ritter studies and sources potential subjects from found photographs then manufactures compositional elements by layering and
combining his own original photography to make a fabricated context in which the subject matter exists. His work exists in its
purest form, as a digital configuration, that has been appropriated, reconfigured and recycled into a form that is humanly
expressive, provocative and consumable.
Ritter’s animated and concise illustrations of celebrities and popular culture have consistently graced the pages and covers of
mainstream publications such as The New Yorker, Time, GQ, The New York Times and Harpers, to name a few.
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Schedule
from September 09, 2011 to October 09, 2011
Opening Reception on 2011-09-09 from 18:00 to 20:00