Paco Pomet: Private Moonlight

Grenadian artist Paco Pomet creates wonderfully surreal paintings. Often painted in the style of vintage black and white photography, each work has a bizarre twist. Pomet manipulates the scale and anatomy of his human subjects, stages historically impossible vignettes, and throws in a muppet or two. see more

Mark Ryden: Scarling

Mark Ryden came to preeminence in the 1990’s during a time when many artists, critics and collectors were quietly championing a return to the art of painting. With his masterful technique and disquieting content, Ryden quickly became one of the leaders of this movement on the West Coast.

Upon first glance Ryden’s work seems to mirror the Surrealists’ fascination with the subconscious and collective memories. However, Ryden transcends the initial Surrealists’ strategies by consciously choosing subject matter loaded with cultural connotation. His dewy vixens, cuddly plush pets, alchemical symbols, religious emblems, primordial landscapes and slabs of meat challenge his audience not necessarily with their own oddity but with the introduction of their soothing cultural familiarity into unsettling circumstances. read more