Ryan Mendoza

Ryan Mendoza (born October 29, 1971 in New York City) is an American painter. He works and lives between Naples and Berlin.

He counterbalances old master techniques with contemporary themes.[1]

Mendoza and his then pregnant wife Fabia were arrested in Naples, Italy after an art performance meant as an act of Solidarity for the Russian Punk Band Pussy Riot [2] in 2012.

His intimate diary 'Everything is Mine' ('Tutto è mio') curated by Simona Vinci was released by the Italian publisher Bompiani[3] in 2015.

In 2016 he brought an entire house from Detroit, Michigan to Europe. It was first on display at Art Rotterdam 2016.'The White House', 2016 is on permanent exhibition at the Verbeke Foundation, Belgium. With his White House, Mendoza wandered into a politically charged debate.[4][5] [6]

He was initially only looking for a way of reconnecting with his identity as an American after living abroad for 24 years.[7][8] Moreover The White House was described as a window into the city`s property problems.[9]

The remnants of "The White House" project at 8 Mile and Livernois in Detroit were demolished in March 2016 . This has created quite a controversy . Mendoza covered the costs for the demolition.[10]

A documentary on Ryan Mendoza's 'White House' project entitled 'Coming Home- the road to hell is paved with good intentions', 2016, directed by Fabia Mendoza features The Last Poets, Underground Resistance, Thomas Hearns, The Packard Plant Project, the Thomas family, Sovereign T, Preach, Firstborn, Gregory L Johnson, who donated the house, and Harley K Brown, owner of the Southwest Detroit Hospital.

Selected Exhibits

2013 Les Aventures de la Vérité Peinture et Philosophie, Fondation Maeght, curated by Bernard-Henri Lévy

2013: Ryan Mendoza, Roger Ballen, Paul P., Gallerie Massimo Minini, Brescia

2011: Ryan Mendoza Selected works, Galerie Klueser2, Munich, Germany

2010: The Possessed Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina, Naples

2009: Chocolate Crocodile Galerie Lelong, Paris

2008: Ryan Mendoza Akira Ikeda Gallery, New York

2007: Don't look at me Galerie Lelong, Paris

2006: Happily ever Akira Ikeda Gallery, Berlin

2005: Ryan Mendoza Galerie Bernd Klueser, Munich

2004: Fear in a Time of Superheroes, Galleria Massimo Minini

2003: Sleeping Beauty Akira Ikeda Gallery, Taura, Japan

2002: Join Now for Instant Access White Cube, London

2002: Almost American, Museo di Castel Nuovo, Naples

2001: Ryan Mendoza, Overbeck Gesellschaft, Luebeck

2000: Ryan Mendoza Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto

1997: "Cadaver dog", Galleria studio legale, Caserta - Italy

Literature

2015: Ryan Mendoza Tutto è mio, Bompiani

2010: Ryan Mendoza The Possessed, Electa, MAdRE, Text by Tiziano Scarpa

2007: Ryan Mendoza The End, Text by Milan Kundera

2007: Ryan Mendoza Don't look at me, Galerie Lelong

2002: Ryan Mendoza Join Now for Instant Access, Text by Irvine Welsh

2003: Ryan Mendoza Sleeping Beauty, Taura, Japan

References

  1. ↑ Brushed by the Hand of Oblivion, Milan Kundera, Electa Mondadori, 2010.
  2. ↑ Solidarietà con le Pussy Riot alla Sanità con Ryan Mendoza, La Repubblica, Italy, August 2012
  3. ↑ ISBN 9788845279065
  4. ↑ "Artist moves empty Detroit home to Europe — literally". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  5. ↑ "Artist moves empty Detroit home to Europe — literally". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  6. ↑ "Is Artist's Detroit House Project Ruin Porn?—artnet News". artnet News. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  7. ↑ Mendoza, Ryan (2016-02-24). "Why I took a family's house from Detroit to Rotterdam". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  8. ↑ "ArtSlant - In Ryan Mendoza’s Detroit House, Debris of a Financial Collapse Turns into Relief Aid". ArtSlant. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  9. ↑ "Detroit 'White House' is a window into city's property problems". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  10. ↑ "Artist settles cost of demolished home used for art". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2016-04-12.

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