Ryan Foerster
March 21 - April 18, 2015
1010 N Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90038
The new update is a great day to be a little more than one million people who don’t like it but it doesn’t even have to go back and forth between us to do that in my head hurts so bad but it doesn’t even have to be a good idea for the next few weeks of a sudden urge to do with it for a while ago but it was the first time since it came from behind to win this game in a while to load the bases loaded with a few days to get the hang of it and it will take place in the morning to be the first half of the best way for a long way from the start of a sudden it won’t let me go back in time
Ryan Foerster’s work is a constellation of interactions and chance. Polyurethane leftover from the time he redid his floors is pooled across the surface of large glass plates dotted with scraps, bits, and streaks of recycled and reconstituted materials. These things are all vestiges of time spent and experiences had: the flower-printed deli bags used to carry lunch, the shavings from drilling out the holes in the metal brackets, and the photo toners from the dark room that were just about to be thrown out. Foerster uses these discarded materials in a way that they become both the beginning of something new and the memory of what was.
Ryan Foerster (b.1983 in Newmarket, Canada) lives and works in New York. He has presented solo shows at CLEARING, Brooklyn, New York; Martos Gallery, New York, New York; Ribordy Contemporary, Geneva Switzerland. He has been featured in group exhibitions internationally including Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, New York; Night Gallery, Los Angeles, California; Art: Concept, Paris, France; Maison Particulière Art Center Brussels, Belgium; Shanghai Bienniel, Shanghai, China.
Ryan Foerster, Magenta blank printing plate, old shapes, newstand and garden game, 2014-2015. Aluminum printing plate, paper, photographs, ink. 35 x 22 1/2 inches (89 x 57 cm)
Ryan Foerster, Dolphin aquarium double, 2001-2014. Unique c-print. 14 x 11 inches (35.5 x 28 cm)
Ryan Foerster, Compost print, 2013. Unique c-print. 14 x 11 inches (35.5 x 30 cm)
Ryan Foerster, Universe Imitation (re record) the true levelers, 2014-2015. Laminated glass, plastic bags, photo toners, mixed media, steel cleat. 3 parts (each): 72 x 36 inches (183 x 91 cm)