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The works of Mark Bryan are an unexpected journey into the subconscious of a bizarre and savvy mind. What appears to be madcap lunacy (i.e. all those babies and bunnies) is actually quite sinister upon closer inspection.
“A room is a metaphor for a dream, or the inside of your head,” Bryan observed. “What’s inside the room? That kind of format could go on forever.”
In those inner spaces, you can see the familiar pop culture icons of Hello Kitty, a Kewpie doll, or a sock monkey. But, their expressions and positions, huddled and slouched with piercing eyes, convey an eerie terror instead of commercial nostalgia. The subjects of these paintings may be cute and cuddly, but as seen in Too Much Bunny (top image), subtle nods to darker portents crouch in the background. A picture of a threatening tornado hangs beyond two gargantuan bunnies with popped-out pupils that sport scorching red veins. In another context, they would be adorable children’s book fare. But not with Mark Bryan. Here, their gaze stabs like a dagger at a man asleep and unaware. Again, funny but also somewhat frightening, alienating, and ghoulish. <source>
“The Romainian artist’s unique style is influenced by old masters of 15th - 17th century, Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Bosch, Brueghel, Walton Ford, naturalistic illustration, pop surrealism, religion, mythology.”
Mark Bryan
Mark Bryan
