CULTUREEDIT ART AUCTION #1
Ryan Danny Owen
Ryan Owen, PIPEDREAM (SKINFLICKS, NOV 89 & HONCHO, SEPT 87), 2025
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9.5" x 10.5"
Ships from Calgary, Alberta Canada
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CULTUREEDIT ART AUCTION #1
Ryan Danny Owen
RYAN DANNY OWEN (THEY/HIM/HER) IS AN AUTHOR, RESEARCHER, QUEER ARCHIVIST, AND INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTIST BASED IN MOHKINISTIS / TREATY 7 / CALGARY, ALBERTA. RDO’S MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO ARCHIVAL PRACTICES, INSTALLATION, VIDEO, PERFORMANCE, CRAFT, AND WRITING REEXAMINES NOSTALGIA, TRANS IDENTITY, LONGING, AND KINSHIP, CHALLENGING THE COMPLEX REALITY OF HYPERSEXUALIZED MEDIA AND COMPLICATING HOW PERVERSE MATERIAL IS EXAMINED. THE ONGOING RUBBING SERIES UTILIZES ERASERS, SANDPAPER, SCALPELS, RAZORS, AND CHEMICALS TO EASE OUT AND REMOVE THE PIGMENTS ON THE ORIGINAL MAGAZINE PAGES FROM A PERSONAL ARCHIVE OF COLLECTED GAY PORNOGRAPHIC MAGAZINES FROM THE 1970S TO THE EARLY 2000S. THIS FORMS NEW COMPOSITIONS AT THE LOSS OF THE ORIGINAL, EXPLORING THE ACT OF “RUBBING OUT” ONTO LOADED MATERIAL TO EXAMINE INTERGENERATIONAL QUEER IDENTITY, SEXUALITY, LONGING, AND HOMAGE THE MASS LOSS OF INFORMATION DUE TO THE AIDS CRISIS.
