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Ryan Schroeder
Ryan's first project at Aferro will be the construction of a miniature wooden oil tower (approximately 9’ tall) with 5-7 interchangeable platforms. On each platform a basin, made from beeswax, will house frozen sculptures made from casein paint. The forms of these paint-sculptures will resemble gas cans.
His work offers a "critique of materialist philosophy by making the unseen incarnate and dematerializing objects found within the immediate environment. The violence inherent in the depreciation of visualization is called into question in order to strategize new ways of being..."
In recent projects, vessels (milk cartons, wine bottles, etc.) derived from the artist's own consumptive practices have been cast
in frozen casein and encaustic and displayed as disappearing still lifes in the streets of New York City. As the sculptures dissolve, they begin to suggest monochromatic paintings, transforming the dross of the world into a subject of meditation.
"This act of recycling underlies the ambivalent relationship between object and image. As the ubiquitous, commercial vessel
loses its formal status and cultural significance, it simultaneously becomes material for a less distinct, yet more complex, referent."
