ria brodell.

i spotted a postcard of ria brodell's work at a gallery in boston at the the beginning of the summer. the gallery assistant  was nice enough to pull out a few of ria's drawings for me to gander at...i immediately lost interest in the original work i had come to see. i was fascinated w/ ria's beautifully, intricately drawn worlds. her softly rendered beasts, birdmen and whales completely had me at hello.

i was so excited to learn ria lives in boston as well. yes! not all artists i love and admire live in sf, la and nyc! score one for ol' beantown! ok, enough of my clannish insularity (i once read bostonian's pride described this way and loved it. we are diehards.). ria is wickedly talented and boston should be so lucky to have talent like this alive, well and living here and not new york. ria's excellent execution of the narratives she builds seamlessly is fascinating to look at.

her solo show the distant lands opens this saturday september 13th at cerasoli gallery in culver city. if you are in the la area, i strongly encourage you to check out the show. along w/ ria's drawings there will be a site specific installation. for those of you who can't make it, ria was kind enough to send along these images for us. definitely check out her website to see more work, you'll be stoked you did. i promise.

Comments

[donna]

all those fantastic beasts!.. her work is incredible.
you keep introducing me to new favourites.

you might like this.. http://www.mioke.de/
the website is like treasure hunting!

[will Bryant]

oh yes, these are lovely!

[ambika]

These are really so wonderful. The detail & the theme of the swirling hair is just haunting & wonderful.

[party like an art star]

this stuff is just too special for words.

i love the tender, ghost-like rendering. its like the figures are tea stains on an old table-cloth, present but peripherally, not imposing, but impossible to ignore.

i also like the sort of pleasant decay of the middle image, reminds me of ryan mclennan.

i saw the work of a very talented young artist in baltimore who also used hair as an interesting, but meighan, i failed you, and i've forgotten her name. i'll email the pals i met at the gift shop of the american museum of visionary art, they'd know. keep up the beautiful work!