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[Image: Mark Ryden, Yakalina (Blood), 2021-2022. Bronze. 105 × 43 × 33 cm | 41 × 17 1/2 × 13 1/4 inch. Photo by Walla Walla Foundry Courtesy of the artist, Perrotin, and Kasmin Gallery.]

Mark Ryden "Yakalina 9"

Gallery Perrotin Tokyo

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Artists

Mark Ryden

"Yakalina 9" features sculptures and drawings of a mysterious animal recently created by artist Mark Ryden. The Yakalina has a long conical body covered with fur apart from the face. Its appearance is both lovely and eerie. This type of iconography goes back to the Bronze Age, when images of humans or deities with outstretched arms symbolizing worship and piety originated.

Exhibited alongside Ryden’s sculptures are his drawings of Yakalinas, which have visual similarities with the old alchemy manuscripts. Intellectual play with symbols, alchemy emblems, structures, and numbers in the works denote a hidden order inaccessible to the uninitiated. The essential question remains: how can we perceive something that belongs to the field of the unknown and intangible? Perception of the unknown may require another way of seeing, not rational but rather imaginative. Thus, reminded of spiritual presence in the contemporary context, let the Yakalina keep her secrets.

Schedule

Apr 1 (Fri) 2022-May 14 (Sat) 2022