The Consolations, Live Performance
Ryan McNamara
Nov6Nov142020

"To be sad is to be in sync with humanity. I can’t think of anything worse than quoting Nietzsche in a press release in 2020, so I’ll paraphrase: The truth of life cuts so deep that we need art as a salve. I’ve been an artist for decades, but I’m only now beginning to believe in those words. Quarantine has made my regular modes of expression unfeasible, so I began to draw, on paper, the invasive yet welcome images that sneak into my head. Come visit me in the gallery so we can make meaning and decipher these alien drawings and share the consolations I’ve discovered. I’ll be there every day of the exhibition. I’ve missed seeing you."

Press Release (PDF)

1/9 Installation Views

1/9

Selected Works

Ryan McNamara

The Consolations,

2020

Ryan McNamara

Love and Do What you Will,

2020

Ryan McNamara

Holes,

2020

Ryan McNamara

Flaccid,

2020

Ryan McNamara

Flour Flower,

2020

Ryan McNamara

Nobody Knows I'm a Lesbian,

2020

Ryan McNamara

Fingering,

2020

Ryan McNamara

Orthodontics,

2020

Ryan McNamara

Braincake,

2020

Ryan McNamara

Playing Carly Simon for the Squirrels,

2020

Ryan McNamara

Jerk N Juul,

2020

Visit

145 Elizabeth Street
New York, New York 10012

Hours: Tue–Sat, 12–6pm

Holiday Hours: Closed Wed, Nov 27 - Sat, Nov 30
Company is wheelchair accessible.

Contact

Mailing Address:
356 Broome Street
New York, New York 10013

[email protected]
+1 646 756 4547
Instagram, TikTok, Youtube, Twitter

Subscribe