RYAN MCCANN
Bio
Born in 1979 in Los Angeles, CA
Lives and Works in Los Angeles
Education
2003 B.A. University of California, Los Angeles, CA
2002 University of Tennessee Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN
Solo Exhibitions
2013 Gold Chains and Champagne, Black Square Gallery, Miami, FL
Solo Exhibition, Gallery 825, Los Angeles CA
Selected Exhibitions
2013 Beyond Minimalism, curated by Nick Lisica and Shannon LaBelle, HUDSON | LINC, West Hollywood, CA
2012 Context / Art Miami, with Black Square Gallery, Miami, FL
Summer Reading, curated by Anna Milashevych, Black Square Gallery, Miami, FL
Random Acts Of Time, curated by William Moreno, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
GEM, curated by Peter Mays, Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Statement
Pyrography |pīˈrägrəәfē| n.: From the Greek 'pur' (fire) and 'graphos' (writing); the art or
technique of decorating wood or leather by burning a design on the surface with a heated
metallic point.
Earliest recorded histories of Egyptian and African cultures note the art of using fire as an
artistic device. It is thought that early humans used charred remains of their fires, even
their own dead, to fashion images. In the present, the tools of the artist become
increasingly ephemeral, almost invisible with the proliferation of the internet and digital
technology; often, the 'hand' of the artist is lost in computer keystrokes or buried under
the weight of Conceptual proposals.
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