Last Supper 2009 Art – Ryan Brennan

Artist: Ryan Brennan

Title: Close Your Eyes and Look As Far as You can See, Chapter 4

Size: 24″ x 39″ x9″

Medium: Cinemallage, Mixed Media

These Collage works are part of a series described as Cinemallage: pieces that are simultaneously the set and viewing platform for stop animation movies. Housed within each collage is a video player displaying chapters of an imaginative tale of a young mans journey through a future utopian fantasy world where he learns how the power of imagination can make a change in the world around him. This story employs the naïve language of fairytale as a vehicle to engage several real issues in today’s society evoking hope and community in a trying time of uncertain future. Following the protagonist through this future utopian world we come across many characters who discuss various concerns we face today such as recession, credit and mortgage crisis, global warming, social inequality, and modern food production. The characters give insight into how they overcame such challenges and offer the power of imagination as a means for hope for a better future.

Bio:  Ryan V. Brennan (b. Cincinnati, Ohio 1982) has exhibited internationally (France, Czech) and nationally (Brooklyn,  San Francisco, Miami, Richmond). He has shown in LA Art Fair 08/09, Scope Miami and Scope Hamptons 07. He has a forth coming solo shows at Work Gallery, Brooklyn in 09 and at Manic Gallery LA in 10. Ryan Received a full fellowship to the Vermont Studio Center in 06 and has been featured in a variety of publications (New York Times, Beautiful Decay Magazine, LA, Daily Serving, Web Blog, The Sunday Paper, Atlanta, Biscayne Times, Miami, and Savannah Morning News, Savannah).