Insight : Ryan McLennan [REPOST]

by | Mar 24, 2012 | ART

Take a look at the latest issue of New American Paintings: 40 Artists on the Rise (#98) and you will find Ryan McLennan there. Look a couple magazines over on the rack and Hi-Fructose, a magazine of New Contemporary Art, includes a feature on… Ryan McLennan. There is something good going on here.

Take a look at the latest issue of New American Paintings: 40 Artists on the Rise (#98) and you will find Ryan McLennan there. Look a couple magazines over on the rack and Hi-Fructose, a magazine of New Contemporary Art, includes a feature on… Ryan McLennan. There is something good going on here.


Ryan McLennan, “The Clairvoyant,” Acrylic and graphite on paper, 2012

McLennan is a Richmond-gone-Brooklyn artist, so we can still claim him as our own. His work is the fantastic realism of North America, expressing the seemingly harsh reality of nature’s interconnectedness with a hint of compassion and awe.

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ed. note: Ryan McLennan was featured in our latest publication TV PARTY

main image Ryan McLennan, “Tongue of Wisdom,” Acrylic and graphite on paper, 2011

R. Anthony Harris

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